Definition of Carbonyl

1. Noun. A compound containing metal combined with carbon monoxide.

Terms within: Carbonyl Group
Generic synonyms: Chemical Compound, Compound
Derivative terms: Carbonylic

2. Adjective. Relating to or containing the carbonyl group.
Exact synonyms: Carbonylic
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Partainyms: Carbonyl Group, Carbonyl Group

Definition of Carbonyl

1. n. The radical (CO)\'b7\'b7, occuring, always combined, in many compounds, as the aldehydes, the ketones, urea, carbonyl chloride, etc.

Definition of Carbonyl

1. Noun. (organic chemistry) In organic chemistry, a divalent functional group, (-CO-), characteristic of aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, amides, carboxylic acid anhydrides, carbonyl halides, esters and others. ¹

2. Noun. (inorganic chemistry) Any compound of a metal with carbon monoxide, such as nickel carbonyl, Ni(CO)4. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Carbonyl

1. a chemical compound [n -S]

Medical Definition of Carbonyl

1. The characteristic group, -CO-, of the ketones, aldehydes, and organic acids. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carbonyl

carbonized
carbonizes
carbonizing
carbonless
carbonlike
carbonmonoxy
carbonnade
carbonnade flamande
carbonnades
carbonometer
carbonometers
carbonometry
carbonous
carbons
carbonuria
carbonyl (current term)
carbonyl chloride
carbonyl cyanide
carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenyl hydrazone
carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone
carbonyl group
carbonyl sulfide
carbonylate
carbonylated
carbonylation
carbonylations
carbonylative
carbonyldiamine
carbonylhemoglobin
carbonylic

Literary usage of Carbonyl

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

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"Mass Spectra of Organometallic Compounds. I. Metal carbonyl Complexes of ... Competing with the usual stepwise loss of metal carbonyl groups is the loss of ..."

2. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1906)
"An examination of some of the simpler reactions of iron carbonyl was made in order to study its chemical nature and stability in comparison with nickel ..."

3. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1911)
"If the carbonyl number is above 40, from 0.5 to 1.2 grm. of the substance ... With a carbonyl number between 10 and 40, from i to 2 grm. of substance should ..."

4. A Dictionary of Chemical Solubilities: Inorganic by Arthur Messinger Comey, Dorothy Anna Hahn (1921)
"Cobalt carbonyl ferrocyanide. SI. sol. in H,O; very sol. in dil. (M.) Cupric carbonyl ferrocyanide, Cus[Fe(CO)(CN)6]2. insol. in ..."

5. Technical Methods of Chemical Analysis by Georg Lunge (1914)
"The carbonyl Value (M. Kitt). The substance is warmed with sodium acetate ... The carbonyl value is found from the formula:— Percentage of carbonyl oxygen ..."

6. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"bivalent carbonyl group is linked to two radicals while in aldehydes it is linked ... The characteristic reactions of aldehydes depending upon the carbonyl ..."

7. A Manuel of the Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Carl Schorlemmer (1874)
"The dyad radical carbonyl CO exists in the free state as carbon monoxide; it is a non-saturated compound combining directly with several elements or ..."

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