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CARBONYL GROUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carbonyl group mean? 

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

1. the bivalent radical COplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CARBONYL GROUP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The bivalent radical CO

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

chemical group; group; radical ((chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule)

Holonyms ("carbonyl group" is a substance of...):

carbonyl (a compound containing metal combined with carbon monoxide)


 Context examples 


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

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