carboxyl – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
carboxyl
adj.
containing the carboxyl group (Chemistry)
Carboxylic acid
carboxyl
Noun
1. the univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids
(synonym) carboxyl group
(hypernym) group, radical, chemical group
Adjective
1. relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical
(synonym) carboxylic
(pertainym) carboxyl group
(classification) chemistry, chemical science
Carboxyl
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
carboxylic acid (carboxyl; carboxyl group)
Say it A carboxylic acid is an organic molecule with a -(C=O)-OH group. The group is also written as -COOH and is called a carboxyl group. The hydrogen on the -COOH group ionizes in water; carboxylic acids are weak acids. The simplest carboxylic acids are formic acid (H-COOH) and
acetic acid (CH
3-COOH).