carbonyl
noun
car·bon·yl
ˈkär-bə-ˌnil 
-ˌnēl,
ˌkär-bə-ˈnēl,
kär-ˈbä-nᵊl,
especially British ˈkä-bə-ˌnī(-ə)l
1
: an organic functional group or radical −CO− occurring in aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, and their derivatives
2
: a coordination complex involving the neutral radical CO
chromium carbonyl
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But no one in the press knew how to find that information, and the Public Health Service, under pressure from the auto and oil industries, canceled a second day of public hearings that would have discussed safer gasoline additives like ethanol, iron carbonyl and catalytic reforming.
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Bill Kovarik, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2021
During a survey of the cloud, the international research team identified water ice, as well as frozen forms of ammonia, methanol, methane and carbonyl sulfide.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 23 Jan. 2023
The carbonyl group of the sugar reacts with the amino group of the amino acid and produces water and other intermediates, which undergo multiple rearrangements [1].
—Ashton Yoon, Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2017
Incorporating his innovative use of aldehydes, which are organic compounds where a carbon atom shares a double bond with an oxygen atom, a single bond with a hydrogen atom, and a single bond with another atom to form the carbonyl group.
—Allyson Portee, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2021
Some scientists are less confident about using carbonyl sulfide as a method to measure photosynthesis.
—Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 16 May 2019
As new land was uncovered, plants sprang up and began destroying carbonyl sulfide.
—Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2017
Plants draw in carbonyl sulfide along with carbon dioxide.
—Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2017
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Bill Kovarik, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2021
During a survey of the cloud, the international research team identified water ice, as well as frozen forms of ammonia, methanol, methane and carbonyl sulfide.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 23 Jan. 2023
The carbonyl group of the sugar reacts with the amino group of the amino acid and produces water and other intermediates, which undergo multiple rearrangements [1].
—Ashton Yoon, Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2017
Incorporating his innovative use of aldehydes, which are organic compounds where a carbon atom shares a double bond with an oxygen atom, a single bond with a hydrogen atom, and a single bond with another atom to form the carbonyl group.
—Allyson Portee, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2021
Some scientists are less confident about using carbonyl sulfide as a method to measure photosynthesis.
—Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 16 May 2019
As new land was uncovered, plants sprang up and began destroying carbonyl sulfide.
—Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2017
Plants draw in carbonyl sulfide along with carbon dioxide.
—Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2017
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carbonyl
noun
car·bon·yl
ˈkär-bə-ˌnil, -ˌnēl
: an organic functional group CO occurring in aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, and their derivatives
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