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carbonyls

carbonyls is the plural of carbonyl.

Meaning of carbonyl

Noun

carbonyl (plural carbonyls)

  1. A divalent functional group, (-CO-), characteristic of aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, amides, carboxylic acid anhydrides, carbonyl halides, esters and others.
  2. Any compound of a metal with carbon monoxide, such as nickel carbonyl, Ni(CO)₄.

Phrases with carbonyls

Questions about carbonyls

What is carbonyls the plural of?
Carbonyls is the plural of carbonyl.

Words near carbonyls in the dictionary

  1. carbonylcyanide
  2. carbonyldiamine
  3. carbonylhemoglobin
  4. carbonylic
  5. carbonyloxy
  6. carbonyls
  7. carbonylsulfide
  8. carbonæmia
  9. Carboor
  10. carbopalladation
  11. carbopalladations

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