carbonyl group
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By convention, the carbon atoms in a monosaccharide are numbered from the terminal carbon closest to the carbonyl group.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Both carboxylic acids and esters contain a carbonyl group with a second oxygen atom bonded to the carbon atom in the carbonyl group by a single bond.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
We can prepare a carbonyl group by oxidation of an alcohol—for organic molecules, oxidation of a carbon atom is said to occur when a carbon-hydrogen bond is replaced by a carbon- oxygen bond.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Compounds that have a nitrogen atom bonded to one side of a carbonyl group are classified as amides.
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By transformations of the carbonyl group, and at the same time of the hydroxyl group, many interesting types of nitrogen compounds may be correlated.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various
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