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carbonyl group

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noun

  1. the bivalent radical CO, occurring in acids, ketones, aldehydes, and their derivatives.


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Removal of a carbonyl group from pyruvate releases carbon dioxide.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

By convention, the carbon atoms in a monosaccharide are numbered from the terminal carbon closest to the carbonyl group.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

Other functional groups, such as the carbonyl group, have a partially negatively charged oxygen atom that may form hydrogen bonds with water molecules, again making the molecule more hydrophilic.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

In an aldehyde, the carbonyl group is bonded to at least one hydrogen atom.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

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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