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Definition of Carboxyl

1. Noun. The univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids.

2. Adjective. Relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical.

Definition of Carboxyl

1. 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.

Definition of Carboxyl

1. Noun. (organic chemistry) A univalent functional group consisting of a carbonyl and a hydroxyl functional group (-CO.OH); characteristic of carboxylic acids. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Carboxyl

1. a univalent acid radical [n -S]

Medical Definition of Carboxyl

1. The characterizing group (-COOH) of certain organic acids; e.g., HCOOH (formic acid), CH3COOH (acetic acid), CH3CH(NH2)COOH (alanine), etc. Compare: carboxylic acid. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carboxyl

carboxy-terminal domain kinase carboxy terminal carboxycathepsin carboxydipeptidase carboxydismutase carboxydotroph carboxydotrophs carboxyethyl carboxyfluorescein carboxyfluoroscein

carboxyhaemoglobin carboxyhemoglobin carboxyhemoglobinaemia carboxykinase carboxykinases carboxyl (current term) carboxyl-terminal residue carboxyl and carbamoyl transferases carboxyl group carboxyl methyltransferase

carboxyl methyltransferases carboxyl terminal carboxylase carboxylases carboxylate carboxylate reductase carboxylated carboxylates carboxylating carboxylation

Literary usage of Carboxyl

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by Arnold Frederik. Holleman (1920)
"The carboxyl-group may be modified by the exchange of its oxygen atoms or ... The compounds described in this chapter contain such modified carboxyl-groups. ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"Clearly, the rate accelerations attributed to intramolecular carboxyl and intramolecular 2-acetamido group participation in the hydrolysis of o-CP-NAG are ..."

3. Synthetic Colouring Matters: Dyestuffs Derived from Pyridine, Quinoline by John Theodore Hewitt (1922)
"If phosphorus oxychloride be allowed to react with a rhodamine 1 in presence of an amine or phenol, the carboxyl group is attacked and other substances are ..."

4. The Electronic Conception of Valence and the Constitution of Benzene by Harry Shipley Fry (1921)
"D. Positive and Negative carboxyl Radicals. Some carboxyl radicals of certain derivatives of benzene readily suffer decomposition with the elimination of ..."

5. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"If one carboxyl- group be removed from the original acid and then it be oxidised, the following acids are successively obtained ..."

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