Meaning of ACETYL GROUP
| Pronunciation: | | u'seetl groop
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[n] the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-) |
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| | Synonyms: | | acetyl, acetyl radical, ethanoyl group, ethanoyl radical |
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| | See Also: | | acyl, acyl group | |
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| | Definition: | | A CH3CO- group on a larger molecule, where the -CH3 (a methyl group) is single-bonded to the carbon, an oxygen is single-bonded to the carbon, and the carbon has two other bonds to the rest of the molecule. |
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