Definition of Methoxyl

1. n. A hypothetical radical, CH3O, analogous to hydroxyl.

Definition of Methoxyl

1. Noun. (organic compound) A hypothetical radical, CH3O, analogous to hydroxyl. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Methoxyl

1. methoxy [adj] - See also: methoxy

Medical Definition of Methoxyl

1. A hypothetical radical, CH3O, analogous to hydroxyl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Methoxyl

methoxyamine
methoxybenzene
methoxybenzenes
methoxybenzyl
methoxycarbonyl
methoxychlor
methoxychlors
methoxydimethyltryptamines
methoxydine
methoxyeleutherin
methoxyethyl
methoxyflurane
methoxyflurane defluorinase
methoxyfluranes
methoxyhydroxyphenylglycol
methoxyl (current term)
methoxylated
methoxylation
methoxymethyl
methoxyneurosporene dehydrogenase
methoxyphenamine hydrochloride
methoxyphenyl
methoxypyrazine
methoxypyrazines
methoxyresorufin-O-demethylase
methoxys
meths
meths drinker
meths drinkers
methscopolamine bromide

Literary usage of Methoxyl

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

1. Poisons: Their Effects and Detection by Alexander Wynter Blyth, Meredith Wynter Blyth (1906)
"... the number of methoxyl groups may be calculated, one molecule of silver iodide = one methoxyl group. There is one methoxyl group in quinine and codeine, ..."

2. Determination of Radicles in Carbon Compounds by Hans Meyer, John Bishop Tingle (1908)
"(4) Determination of Methyl Imine in Presence of methoxyl. The methyl imine may be determined in presence of methoxyl by heating the ..."

3. Analysis of Resins, Balsams and Gum-resins: The Chemistry and Pharmacognosis by Karl Dieterich (1901)
"These comprise the acetyl (HO group) value method for resins (K. Dieterich), the carbonyl value method (CO and COH groups) by Kitt, the methoxyl value ..."

4. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1911)
"Absolute alcohol has the methoxyl number 674 I =674 \ 46 Herzig and Meyer have proposed to differentiate between the methyl radical when attached to oxygen ..."

5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"The fraction of such ions with insufficient energy to decompose by loss of a methoxyl radical should increase with decreasing ionization potential and. will ..."

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