carbonyl

See also: Carbonyl

English

Etymology

carbon +‎ -yl

Noun

carbonyl (plural carbonyls)

1. (organic chemistry) A divalent functional group, (-CO-), characteristic of aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, amides, carboxylic acid anhydrides, carbonyl halides, esters and others.
2. (inorganic chemistry) Any compound of a metal with carbon monoxide, such as nickel carbonyl, Ni(CO)₄.

Derived terms

• carbonylic
• carbonyl chloride
• carbonyl cyanide
• carbonyl stretch
• carbonyl sulfide, carbonyl sulphide
• hexacarbonyl
• hydrocarbonyl
• metal carbonyl
• molybdenum carbonyl
• nickel carbonyl
• pentacarbonyl
• sulfocarbonyl, sulphocarbonyl
• tetracarbonyl
• thiocarbonyl
• tungsten carbonyl

Translations

functional group -CO-

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 羰基 (tong¹ gei¹)

  Mandarin: 羰基 (zh) (tāngjī (mainland), tànjī (Taiwan))

• Czech: karbonyl m
• Estonian: karbonüül
• Finnish: karbonyyli (fi)
• German: Carbonyl (de) n
• Hungarian: karbonil (hu)
• Japanese: カルボニル基 (カルボニルき, karuboniru-ki)
• Korean: 카르보닐기 (kareubonilgi)
• Persian: کربونیل (karbonil)
• Turkish: karbonil (tr)

any compound of a metal with carbon monoxide

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羰基 (zh) (tāngjī)

• Finnish: karbonyyli (fi)
• German: Carbonylverbindung f
• Japanese: カルボニル基 (カルボニルき, karuboniru-ki)
• Korean: 카르보닐기 (kareubonilgi)

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• French: ^{(please verify)} carbonyle (fr)

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