carboxyl group
What carboxyl group means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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A group in which one carbon holds both a C=O and an O-H, so the two oxygen atoms sit on the same carbon and are never bonded to each other.
A named functional group of a carboxylic acid, recognisable from a displayed formula.
Topics that use carboxyl group
- Carboxylic acids and esters (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- Basic concepts of organic chemistry (OCR A-Level)
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- Curly arrow notation
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