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Carbonyl has 3 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a compound containing metal combined with carbon monoxide

2

In organic chemistry, a divalent functional group, (-CO-), characteristic of aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, amides, carboxylic acid anhydrides, carbonyl halides, esters and others.

Adjective
1

relating to or containing the carbonyl group

Related Terms
amide pyrazoleamide thiazolidinone oxazolidinedione triazolinone tetrazolinone ketoketenimine functional group decarbonylate oxocarboxylate dinitrophenylhydrazone ketocarotenoid isoxazolidinone oxo thioguanine carboxide oxoethyl one thioxanthone rhenacyclopentane
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
compound
Rhyming Words
ynyl enyl vinyl nonyl xenyl guanyl uranyl iminyl prenyl dienyl aminyl phenyl alanyl azinyl adenyl alkenyl divinyl thionyl ethynyl butynyl
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