CARBOXYL GROUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carboxyl group mean? 

• CARBOXYL GROUP (noun)
  The noun CARBOXYL GROUP has 1 sense:

1. the univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids

  Familiarity information: CARBOXYL GROUP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARBOXYL GROUP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

carboxyl; carboxyl group

Hypernyms ("carboxyl group" is a kind of...):

chemical group; group; radical ((chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule)

 Context examples 

A class of organic compounds with a carboxyl group (-COOH) and at least one hydroxyl group attached to a phenyl ring.

(Hydroxybenzoic Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

Compound found in food containing from 4 to 24 carbons in a hydrocarbon chain, including a carboxyl group (-COOH) at one end and a methyl group (-CH3) at the other end.

(Dietary Fatty Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

Amino Acid Biosynthesis consists of cellular enzymatic reactions that produce amino acids, organic compounds containing an amino and a carboxyl group and often used in protein synthesis by the formation of peptide bonds during ribosomal translation of mRNA.

(Amino Acid Biosynthesis, NCI Thesaurus)