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dicarboxylyl en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌdaɪ.kɑːrˈbɒk.sɪ.lɪl/

Etymology

From di- + carboxyl + -yl.

Meanings

  1. A bivalent radical derived from a dicarboxylic acid by removing the hydroxyl groups from both carboxyl groups.
    • In one reaction (pyrolysis of acetylene dicarboxylyl fluoride), the volatile products condensed to a stable polymeric film; however, the film was not perfluorinated. 1962 November, Donna J. Tate, https://books.google.com/books?id=vNDrYxSleRAC&pg=PA72&dq=dicarboxylyl&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi1yMLb6_uLAxUpRzABHetRI8MQ6AF6BAgHEAM#v=onepage&q&f=false, page 72:
    • These hydroxyl fatty acids are then serially metabolized by alcohol dehydrogenase, aldehyde dehydrogenase, and dicarboxylyl CoA synthetase to form their respective CoA-bound dicarboxylic acids and transferred to peroxisomes where they may undergo chain shortening or, as acylcarnitine derivatives or free acids, transferred to mitochondria for complete beta oxidation. 2024 June 17, Wikipedia contributors, “Cytochrome P450 omega hydroxylase”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation:
    • sym. and asym. dicarboxylyl chlorides, 7:599. 3328; 1916, DECENNIAL INDEX то Chemical Abstracts VOLUMES 1-10 1907-1916, Author Index L-Z, Easton, Pa: The American Chemical Society, page 1329:

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