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acyls

acyls is the plural of acyl.

Meaning of acyl

Noun

acyl (plural acyls)

  1. Any of class of organic radicals, RCO-, formed by the removal of a hydroxyl group from a carboxylic acid.
    • From ethyleneoxides or ethyleneimines carrying an acyl substituent, with hydrazine and its derivatives (Ch. 3. XV).2009, Richard H. Wiley, Pyrazoles and Reduced and Condensed Pyrazoles, Volume 22, page 387

Questions about acyls

What is acyls the plural of?
Acyls is the plural of acyl.

Words near acyls in the dictionary

  1. acylpyrazoles
  2. acylpyridine
  3. acylpyridines
  4. acylpyrrole
  5. acylpyrroles
  6. acyls
  7. acylsilane
  8. acylsilanes
  9. acylsugar
  10. acylsugars
  11. acylsulfamate

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