carbonyl
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- noun
- /ˈkɑːrbəˌnɪl/
- Specialized
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grupo carbonilo
- Hydrogen bonds will form between amides and carbonyls at about every fourth amino acid residue.
- carbonyl accumulation
- carbonyl content
- carbonyl group
Examples
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In both age classes, queens from the Imperial Valley of California (source CA) were chronologically younger but biologically older, with greater carbonyl accumulation (Fig. 4).
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In honey bees, the accumulation of oxidized proteins (carbonyl groups) in the fat body is recognized as a marker of chronological age.
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Make the enolate attack that carbonyl which has a leaving group on it.
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Reactive carbonyl compounds are a significant factor in many of the complications of diabetes.
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We tracked chronological queen age, but also quantified carbonyl accumulation in the queen fat body as a marker of biological aging (Fig. 4).
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In organic chemistry, the presence of a carbonyl group can significantly affect the reactivity of a compound.
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Many important biological molecules, such as sugars and amino acids, contain a carbonyl functional group.
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The chemical reaction occurred due to the interaction between the carbonyl group and the nucleophile.
Synonyms
A part of a molecule where carbon joins oxygen by a double bond, found in aldehydes and ketones
Compounds
- Specialized
A part of a molecule where carbon joins oxygen by a double bond, found in aldehydes and ketones
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Carbonyl comes from carbon, from the Latin carbo which means 'coal', and the ending -yl meaning a 'part' or 'group'. So a carbonyl group is literally a carbon 'part' of a molecule, and in chemistry this name is used for the carbon atom joined to an oxygen atom.