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crotonyl

crotonyl noun: the univalent radical CH₃-CH=CH-CO- derived from crotonic acid.

Noun

crotonyl (uncountable)

  1. The univalent radical CH₃-CH=CH-CO- derived from crotonic acid

Origin of crotonyl

From crotonic + -yl.

Words formed from crotonyl

Questions about crotonyl

What does crotonyl mean?
Crotonyl means the univalent radical CH₃-CH=CH-CO- derived from crotonic acid.
What part of speech is crotonyl?
Crotonyl is a noun.

Words near crotonyl in the dictionary

  1. crotonine
  2. crotonobetaine
  3. crotonoid
  4. crotonoids
  5. crotons
  6. crotonyl
  7. crotonylated
  8. crotonylation
  9. crotonylations
  10. crotonylene
  11. crotonylenes

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