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Definition of carbonyl in English English dictionary: In organic chemistry, a divalent functional group, (-CO-), characteristic of aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, amides, carboxylic acid anhydrides, carbonyl halides, esters and others; Any compound of a metal with carbon monoxide, such as nickel carbonyl, Ni(CO)4; Any compound of a metal with carbon monoxide, such as nickel carbonyl, Ni(CO){4}; a compound containing metal combined with carbon monoxide relating to or containing the carbonyl group; The radical (CO)\'b7\'b7, occuring, always combined, in many compounds, as the aldehydes, the ketones, urea, carbonyl chloride, etc; {i} chemical compound containing metal and carbon monoxide
carbonyl chloride: A toxic gas, COCl2, used in the manufacture of plastics, pesticides etc, and once used as a chemical weapon
More of a French term. Phosgène. We prefer to call it carbonyl chloride. Less. . .disquieting, somehow.
carbonyl cyanide: The nitrile CO(C≡N)2
carbonyl sulfide: The mixed oxide and sulfide of carbon COS
carbonyl group: the bivalent radical CO
metal carbonyl: Any complex of a transition metal combined with carbon monoxide; they are typically volatile solids or liquids, soluble on common organic solvents but insoluble in water; they are highly toxic

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