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carboxyl

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CIDE DICTIONARY

carboxyln. [Carbon + oxygen + -yl.].
     The complex radical, CO.OH, regarded as the essential and characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic, acetic, benzoic acids, etc.) have in common; -- called also oxatyl.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

carboxyl, n. Chem. the univalent acid radical (-COOH), present in most organic acids.

Derivative
carboxylic adj.
Etymology
CARBON + OXYGEN + -YL

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