(thing) by BioTech Sat Aug 10 2002 at 3:58:43
CH3CO- This is the radical of acetic acid; it contains a carbonyl and a methyl group.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:37:19

Ac"e*tyl (#), n. [L. acetum vinegar + Gr. substance. See -yl.] Chem.

A complex, hypothetical radical, composed of two parts of carbon to three of hydrogen and one of oxygen. Its hydroxide is acetic acid.

 

© Webster 1913.

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