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Definition of Acetyl group

1. Noun. The organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acetyl Group

Literary usage of Acetyl group

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

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1901)
"The acetyl group of aconitine evidently occupies an exceptional position in the molecule of aconitine. So far as we are aware it is the only acetyl compound ..."

2. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1907)
"... the acetyl group having migrated from the sulphur to a nitrogen atom, ... therefore, that by this series of transfers the acetyl group may be passed, ..."

3. The Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry by Society of Chemical Industry (1884)
"On investigation it was found that one acetyl group was combined with nitrogen, the other with the oxygen of a carbinol group. The alcoholic solution when ..."

4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1908)
"In the preceding paper by HB Kipper and one of us we have called attention to the replacement of the acetyl group by the nitrobenzoyl group in resorcinol ..."

5. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science by Indiana Academy of Science (1922)
"... showing the carbethoxy group attached to the nitrogen where the acetyl group had been. In connection with the behavior of the acetyl group, ..."

6. Technical Reports and Scientific Papers by Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, Imperial Institute (Great Britain) (1903)
"176) by heating aconitine at its melting point, when the acetyl group is ... A remarkable reaction takes place, in which the acetyl group is ejected as ..."

7. The Vegetable Alkaloids: With Particular Reference to Their Chemical by Amé Pictet (1904)
"The acetyl group must, accordingly, be bound to the nitrogen atom; ... furthermore, there is attached not only an acetyl group, but also a hydrogen atom. ..."

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