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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Oxalyl \Ox"a*lyl\, n. [Oxalic + -yl.] (Chem.) a A hydrocarbon radical ({C2O2}) regarded as a residue of oxalic acid and occurring in derivatives of it b An old name for {carbonyl}. c An old name for {carboxyl}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Carboxyl \Car*box"yl\, n. [Carbon + oxygen + -yl.] (Chem.) 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: carboxyl adj : (chemistry) relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical [syn: {carboxylic}] n : the univalent radical COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids [syn: {carboxyl group}]
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