carbonyl
IPA: kˈɑrbʌnʌɫ
noun
- (organic chemistry) A divalent functional group, (-CO-), characteristic of aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, amides, carboxylic acid anhydrides, carbonyl halides, esters and others.
- (inorganic chemistry) Any compound of a metal with carbon monoxide, such as nickel carbonyl, Ni(CO)₄.
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Examples of "carbonyl" in Sentences
- Nickel carbonyl can be oxidized.
- All carbonyl is recovered for recycle.
- Tetrahedral carbonyl addition compound.
- Hydration of the 2 carbonyl is also observed.
- It should be attached to the carbonyl carbon there.
- Combination of carbonyl compound and carboxylic acid.
- Mononuclear and binuclear manganese carbonyl hydrides.
- Ozonolysis is the cleavage of an alkene to carbonyl compounds.
- In this reaction the carbonyl group is an aldehyde or a ketone.
- Carbonylation of a polysaccharide and the product of that carbonylation.