formyl

American

[fawr-mil] / ˈfɔr mɪl /

adjective

Chemistry.

containing the formyl group.

formyl British

/ ˈfɔːmaɪl /

noun

(modifier) of, consisting of, or containing the monovalent group HCO-

a formyl group or radical

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formyl Scientific

/ fôr′mĭl′ /

The radical HCO, derived from formic acid.

Etymology

Origin of formyl

First recorded in 1875–80; form(ic) + -yl

Example Sentences

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AICAR, aminoimidazole carboxamide ribonucleotide; ATP, adenosine tri-phosphate; FAICAR, formyl aminoimidazole carboxamide ribonucleotide; IMP, inosine monophosphate; mRNA, messenger RNA; PRPP, phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate; PurH, bifunctional purine biosynthesis protein PurH.

From Nature

Violet.—Acid violet, red violet, regina violet, formyl violet, violamine B, fast violet, azo acid violet, erio violet, lanacyl violet.

From Project Gutenberg

This unique absorbance appears to occur thanks to a chemical decoration known as a formyl group on the chlorophyll’s carbon number two.

From US News

Notwithstanding these errors, the value of the “ethyl theory” was perceived; other radicals—formyl, methyl, amyl, acetyl, &c.—were characterized; Dumas, in 1837, admitted the failure of the etherin theory; and, in company with Liebig, he defined organic chemistry as the “chemistry of compound radicals.”

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