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Rarecarbonyl
The correct spelling is carbonyl.
How to pronounce carbonyl
noun
Say it like: Car-bon-yl
The correct spelling is carbonyl. In organic chemistry, a divalent functional group, (-CO-), characteristic of aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, amides, carboxylic acid anhydrides, carbonyl halides, esters a…
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noun
- 1.In organic chemistry, a divalent functional group, (-CO-), characteristic of aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, amides, carboxylic acid anhydrides, carbonyl halides, esters and others.
- 2.Any compound of a metal with carbon monoxide, such as nickel carbonyl, Ni(CO)4.
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