ETHANOYL GROUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ethanoyl group mean? 

• ETHANOYL GROUP (noun)
  The noun ETHANOYL GROUP has 1 sense:

1. the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ETHANOYL GROUP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

acetyl; acetyl group; acetyl radical; ethanoyl group; ethanoyl radical

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

acyl; acyl group (any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group)