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formyl

[ fawr-mil ]

adjective

Chemistry.
  1. containing the formyl group.


formyl

/ ˈ´Úɔ˳¾²¹Éª±ô /

noun

  1. modifier of, consisting of, or containing the monovalent group HCO-

    a formyl group or radical

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formyl

/ ´Úô°ù′³¾Ä­±ô′ /

  1. The radical HCO, derived from formic acid.
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of formyl1

First recorded in 1875–80; form(ic) + -yl
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of formyl1

C19: from form ( ic ) + -yl
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AICAR, aminoimidazole carboxamide ribonucleotide; ATP, adenosine tri-phosphate; FAICAR, formyl aminoimidazole carboxamide ribonucleotide; IMP, inosine monophosphate; mRNA, messenger RNA; PRPP, phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate; PurH, bifunctional purine biosynthesis protein PurH.

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AICAR, aminoimidazole carboxamide ribonucleotide; ATP, adenosine tri-phosphate; FAICAR, formyl aminoimidazole carboxamide ribonucleotide; IMP, inosine monophosphate; mRNA, messenger RNA; PRPP, phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate; PurH, bifunctional purine biosynthesis protein PurH.

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Violet.—Acid violet, red violet, regina violet, formyl violet, violamine B, fast violet, azo acid violet, erio violet, lanacyl violet.

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This unique absorbance appears to occur thanks to a chemical decoration known as a formyl group on the chlorophyll’s carbon number two.

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Notwithstanding these errors, the value of the “ethyl theory†was perceived; other radicals—formyl, methyl, amyl, acetyl, &c.—were characterized; Dumas, in 1837, admitted the failure of the etherin theory; and, in company with Liebig, he defined organic chemistry as the “chemistry of compound radicals.â€

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