acyl

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.sɪl/

Noun

acyl (plural acyls)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of class of organic radicals, RCO-, formed by the removal of a hydroxyl group from a carboxylic acid.

Derived terms

Terms derived from acyl

• acyl anhydride
• acylation
• acyl halide

• acyloxy
• hydroxyacyl

Translations

any of a class of organic radicals

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 酰 (sin¹) (Mainland, Hong Kong), 醯 (hei³) (dated, still used in Taiwan)

  Mandarin: 酰 (zh) (xīan) (Mainland, Hong Kong), 醯 (zh) (xī) (dated, still used in Taiwan)

• Finnish: asyyli
• French: acyle (fr) m
• German: Acyl (de) n

• Irish: aicil f
• Italian: acile m
• Japanese: アシル (ashiru)
• Portuguese: acila f
• Romanian: acil (ro) m
• Spanish: acil m, acilo (es) m

Anagrams

• Clay, Lacy, clay, lacy