carbonyl

See also Carbonyl

English

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Noun

carbonyl (plural carbonyls)

1. (organic chemistry) In organic chemistry, a divalent functional group, (-CO-), characteristic of aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, amides, carboxylic acid anhydrides, carbonyl halides, esters and others.
2. (inorganic chemistry) Any compound of a metal with carbon monoxide, such as nickel carbonyl, Ni(CO)₄.

Derived terms

carbonyl chloride carbonyl stretch carbonyl sulfide, carbonyl sulphide hexacarbonyl metal carbonyl molybdenum carbonyl

nickel carbonyl pentacarbonyl sulfocarbonyl, sulphocarbonyl tetracarbonyl thiocarbonyl tungsten carbonyl

Translations

functional group -CO-

• Estonian: karbonüül (et)
• Finnish: karbonyyli (fi)

• German: Carbonyl (de) n
• Turkish: karbonil (tr)

any compound of a metal with carbon monoxide

• German: Carbonylverbindung (de) f