carboxyl group

American  

noun

1. the univalent radical COOH, present in and characteristic of organic acids.

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carboxyl group British  

/ kɑːˈbɒksaɪl, -sɪl /

noun

1. the monovalent group –COOH, consisting of a carbonyl group bound to a hydroxyl group: the functional group in organic acids

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Etymology

Origin of carboxyl group

First recorded in 1875–80

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carboxyl group

We then sent these carbon atoms — from a very metabolically active part of the amino acid called the carboxyl group — through a machine called a mass spectrometer to read their isotope fingerprints.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2023

It further removes a carboxyl group from pyruvate producing carbon dioxide.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Fatty acids have a long chain of hydrocarbons to which a carboxyl group is attached, hence the name “fatty acid.”

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

This end is called the N terminal, or the amino terminal, and the other end has a free carboxyl group, also known as the C or carboxyl terminal.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Hence the positions occupied by the nitro groups in the two different nitrobrombenzoic acids must be symmetrical with respect to the carboxyl group.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various