chemical group
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(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule (synset 114645624)
referred to in: chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactionsis a type of: building block, unit - a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something elsesubtypes:
- acyl, acyl group - any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group
- alcohol group, alcohol radical - the chemical group -OH
- aldehyde group, aldehyde radical - the chemical group -CHO
- alkyl, alkyl group, alkyl radical - any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons
- allyl, allyl group, allyl radical - the univalent unsaturated organic radical C3H5; derived from propylene
- amino, amino group - the radical -NH2
- amyl - a hydrocarbon radical that occurs in many organic compounds
- azido group, azido radical - the univalent group N3- derived from hydrazoic acid
- azo group, azo radical - the bivalent group -N=N- united to two hydrocarbon groups
- benzyl, benzyl group, benzyl radical - the univalent radical derived from toluene
- benzoyl group, benzoyl radical - the univalent radical derived from benzoic acid
- arsenic group, cacodyl, cacodyl group, cacodyl radical - the univalent group derived from arsine
- carbonyl group - the bivalent radical CO
- carboxyl, carboxyl group - the univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids
- chromophore - the chemical group that gives color to a molecule
- cyanide group, cyanide radical, cyano group, cyano radical - the monovalent group -CN in a chemical compound
- glyceryl - a trivalent radical derived from glycerol by removing the three hydroxyl radicals
- hydrazo group, hydrazo radical - the bivalent group -HNNH- derived from hydrazine
- hydroxyl, hydroxyl group, hydroxyl radical - the monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and some acids and alcohols
- ketone group - a group having the characteristic properties of ketones
- methylene, methylene group, methylene radical - the bivalent radical CH2 derived from methane
- propyl, propyl group, propyl radical - the monovalent organic group C3H7- obtained from propane
- butyl - a hydrocarbon radical (C4H9)
- nitro group - the group -NO3
- nitrite - the radical -NO2 or any compound containing it (such as a salt or ester of nitrous acid)
- uranyl, uranyl group, uranyl radical - the bivalent radical UO2 which forms salts with acids
- vinyl, vinyl group, vinyl radical - a univalent chemical radical derived from ethylene
is a part of: molecule - (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound
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