CARBONYL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carbonyl mean? 

• CARBONYL (noun)
  The noun CARBONYL has 1 sense:

1. a compound containing metal combined with carbon monoxide

  Familiarity information: CARBONYL used as a noun is very rare.

• CARBONYL (adjective)
  The adjective CARBONYL has 1 sense:

1. relating to or containing the carbonyl group

  Familiarity information: CARBONYL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARBONYL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A compound containing metal combined with carbon monoxide

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("carbonyl" is a kind of...):

chemical compound; compound ((chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight)

Meronyms (substance of "carbonyl"):

carbonyl group (the bivalent radical CO)

Derivation:

carbonyl; carbonylic (relating to or containing the carbonyl group)

• CARBONYL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or containing the carbonyl group

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

carbonyl; carbonylic

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Pertainym:

carbonyl group (the bivalent radical CO)

Derivation:

carbonyl (a compound containing metal combined with carbon monoxide)

 Context examples 

A flavonoid typically with a double bond between C-2 and C-3, a carbonyl (C=O) function at C-4, and a hydroxyl group at C-3.

(Flavonol, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A flavonoid typically with a double bond between C-2 and C-3, a carbonyl (C=O) function at C-4, and no hydroxyl group at C-3.

(Flavone, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A flavonoid typically with no double bond between C-2 and C-3, with a carbonyl (C=O) function at C-4, and with a hydroxyl group at C-3.

(Flavanonol, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

Organic compounds with a carbonyl group (C=O) bonded to two other carbon atoms as the skeleton structure.

(Ketone, NCI Thesaurus)

Nickel carbonyl is primarily used for nickel coatings and to manufacture high-purity nickel powder.

(Nickel Carbonyl, NCI Thesaurus)

Reduction of the carbonyl on the dihydroxyacetone backbone leaves a hydroxy group to be esterified with another fatty acid side chain.

(Plasmalogen Synthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A flavonoid typically with no double bond between C-2 and C-3, with a carbonyl (C=O) function at C-4, and without a hydroxyl group at C-3.

(Flavanone, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A flavonoid without a double bond between C-2 and C-3, without a carbonyl (C=O) function at C-4, and with a hydroxyl group at C-3.

(Flavanol, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

It’s possible that iron cyano-carbonyl complexes may have been a precursor to these active sites and later incorporated into proteins billions of years ago.

(Cyanide Compounds Discovered in Meteorites May Hold Clues to the Origin of Life, NASA)

Carbonyl reductase [NADPH] 3 (277 aa, ~31 kDa) is encoded by the human CBR3 gene.

(Carbonyl Reductase [NADPH] 3, NCI Thesaurus)