carboxyl : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: carboxyl	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for carboxyl
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
carboxyl adj relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical Synonym(s): carboxyl, carboxylic n the univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids Synonym(s): carboxyl, carboxyl group
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}.