acyl

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ac=yl

CIDE DICTIONARY

acyl, n. [Acid + -yl.].

 An acid radical, as acetyl, malonyl, or benzoyl. An acyl radical can be depicted as R-CO-, where -CO- is the carbonyl group, and R is the group that characterizes the acyl moiety.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

acyl, n. Chem. the univalent radical of an organic acid.

Etymology

G (as ACID, -YL)