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Definition of Formyl
1. n. A univalent radical, H.C:O, regarded as the essential residue of formic acid and aldehyde.
Definition of Formyl
1. Noun. (organic chemistry) The univalent radical -CHO, derived from formaldehyde, that is characteristic of aldehydes ¹
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Definition of Formyl
1. a univalent chemical radical [n -S]
Medical Definition of Formyl
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Formyl
Literary usage of Formyl
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of chemistry, including the applications of the science in the arts by Thomas Graham (1842)
"C2H formyl therefore differs from methyl in containing 2 atoms less of ...
formyl, C2H=Fo. The series of formyl is less numerous than that of acetyl. ..."
2. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Applications of the Science in the Arts by Thomas Graham (1842)
"COMPOUNDS OF formyl WITH CHLORINE, BROMINE AND IODINE. ... Perchloride of formyl
is a colourless oily liquid, of an agreeable ethereal odour and sweetish ..."
3. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1855)
"The so-called Chloride of formyl. ... —As the radical-theory assumes the existence
of the hypothetical radical formyl, C2H, it regards this compound as ..."
4. Studies from the Chemical Laboratory of the Sheffield Scientific School by H. L. Wells (1901)
"ON SOME DERIVATIVES OF AROMATIC formyl COMPOUNDS.* BY WJ COMSTOCK AND EE CLAPP.
THE curiously different behavior of the sodium and silver salts of ..."
5. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1901)
"Since then, a considerable number of amines, their formyl and acetyl derivatives,
have been prepared, it is believed in as pure a state as possible, ..."
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