CARBOXYLS

Noun

carboxyls

plural of carboxyl

Source: Wiktionary


CARBOXYL

Car*box"yl, n. Etym: [Carbon + oxygen + -yl.] (Chem.)

Definition: The complex radical, CO.OH, regarded as the essential and characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic, acetic, benzoic acids, etc.) have in common; -- called also oxatyl.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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