acetyl

See also: acétyl

English

Structure of the acetyl group

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *akēō

Latin aceō

Latin acētumder.

English aceto-

English acet-

Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?

Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.

Frenchder.

English -yl

English acetyl

From Latin acētum (“vinegar”) + Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “substance”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈsiːtaɪl/, /əˈsiːtɪl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæsətɪl/, /əˈsiːtɪl/

Noun

acetyl (plural acetyls)

2. (organic chemistry) The univalent radical CH₃CO- derived from acetic acid.

   Synonym: ethanoyl

Usage notes

Sometimes abbreviated "Ac", but this conflicts with Ac = actinium.

Derived terms

• acebutolol
• acetamide
• acetergamine
• acetoacetyl
• acetylacetone
• acetyladenylate
• acetylajmaline
• acetylaminen
• acetylamino
• acetylase
• acetylate
• acetylbenzene
• acetylbenzoate
• acetylbenzoic
• acetylbiuret
• acetyl bromide
• acetylcarbazole
• acetylcarbromal
• acetylcarnitine
• acetylcellulose
• acetylchitooligosaccharide
• acetyl chloride
• acetylcholine
• acetylcholinesterase
• acetyl CoA
• acetyl-CoA carboxylase
• acetyl-CoA synthetase
• acetyl coenzyme A
• acetylcyanide
• acetylcysteine
• acetyldigitoxin
• acetyldigoxin
• acetylene
• acetylenediurein
• acetylesterase
• acetylferrocene
• acetylfluoride
• acetylgalactosamide
• acetylgalactosamine
• acetylglucomannan
• acetylglucosaminyl
• acetylhydrolase
• acetylic
• acetylide
• acetyliodide
• acetylisoquinoline
• acetyllactosamine
• acetylleucine
• acetyllysine
• acetylmannosamine
• acetylmethadol
• acetylmethionine
• acetylmethylcarbinol
• acetylmuramic
• acetylmuramidase
• acetylmuramyl
• acetylneuraminic
• acetylome
• acetylornithine
• acetyloxy
• acetylperoxide
• acetylphenol
• acetylphenylhydrazine
• acetylpolyamine
• acetylproteome
• acetylpyridine
• acetylpyrroline
• acetylrosaniline
• acetylsalicylate
• acetylsalicylic
• acetylsalol
• acetylserotonin
• acetylspermidine
• acetylspermine
• acetyltannic
• acetyltannic acid
• acetylthiocholine
• acetylthymol
• acetyltransfer
• acetyltransferase
• acetyltropeine
• acetylurea
• acetylxylan
• azidoacetyl
• cyanoacetyl
• deacetyltransferase
• diacetyl
• diacetylverrucarol
• diphenylacetyl
• etacepride
• guacetisal
• hexaacetylmannitol
• iocetamic acid
• iodopyracet
• mercaptoacetyltriglycine
• monoacetyl
• N-acetyl-dihydroxyhomotyrosine
• N-acetyl-p-aminophenol
• tetraacetylethylenediamine
• thioacetyl
• triacetyloleandomycin
• ulipristal

Related terms

• acet- (aceto-)

Translations

univalent radical

• Catalan: acetil (ca) m
• Esperanto: acetilo (eo)
• Finnish: asetyyli
• French: acétyl m
• Ido: acetilo (io)
• Italian: acetile (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: acetyl (no) n

• Persian: استیل (fa)
• Polish: acetyl (pl) m
• Romanian: acetil (ro) m
• Spanish: acetilo (es) m, acetil m
• Swedish: acetyl (sv) c
• Turkish: asetil

  Ottoman Turkish: استیل (asetil)

Norwegian Bokmål

Structure of the acetyl group.

Etymology

Internationalism. By surface analysis, acet- +‎ -yl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asɛˈtyːl/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -yːl
• Hyphenation: a‧ce‧tyl

Noun

acetyl n (definite singular acetylet, indefinite plural acetyl, definite plural acetyla or acetylene)

1. (organic chemistry) acetyl (the univalent radical CH₃CO- derived from acetic acid)

References

• “acetyl” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “acetyl” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “acetyl” in Store norske leksikon

Anagrams

• acylet

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English acetyl. Ultimately from Latin acētum (“vinegar”) + Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “substance”). First attested in 1840.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈt͡sɛ.tɘl/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛtɘl
• Syllabification: a‧ce‧tyl

Noun

acetyl m inan

1. (organic chemistry) acetyl (the univalent radical CH₃CO- derived from acetic acid)

   chlorek acetylu ― acetyl chloride

Declension

Declension of acetyl

	singular	plural
nominative	acetyl	acetyle
genitive	acetylu	acetyli
dative	acetylowi	acetylom
accusative	acetyl	acetyle
instrumental	acetylem	acetylami
locative	acetylu	acetylach
vocative	acetylu	acetyle

Derived terms

adjective

• acetylowy

adverb

• acetylenowo

nouns

• acetylacja
• acetylen
• acetyloaceton
• acetylobenzen
• acetyloceluloza
• acetylocholina
• acetylocholinoesteraza
• acetylocysteina
• acetylodigitoksyna
• acetyloesteraza
• acetylogalaktoza
• acetyloglikozamina
• acetylohydrolaza
• acetylometylokarbinol
• acetylopirydyna
• acetylotransferaza

verb

• acetylować impf or pf

Related terms

adjectives

• acetylenowy
• acetylocelulozowy
• acetylocholinowy
• acetylosalicylowy

Related terms

nouns

• acetylenek
• acetylenownia
• acetylowanie

Further reading

• “acetyl”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “acetyl”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “acetyl”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 6
• acetyl in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Swedish

Noun

acetyl c

1. (organic chemistry) acetyl (the univalent radical CH₃CO- derived from acetic acid)

Declension

Declension of acetyl

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	acetyl	acetyls
	definite	acetylen	acetylens
plural	indefinite	acetyler	acetylers
	definite	acetylerna	acetylernas