Talk:Acyl group

Formula picture[edit]

Where's the picture of the generalised formula for this one? Annonieymouse (talk) 08:03, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Now replaced by a new one. V8rik (talk) 17:17, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

enoyl[edit]

Can we get anything on enoyl 's? Enoyls are acyl radicals with a double bond. I'm assuming they have the structure 2(R)-C=C=O^-. Only link I could find was: http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?enoyl —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jayjaya29 (talk • contribs) 13:55, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The above link seems dead, but here is https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/searchId.do?chebiId=23916

Simon de Danser (talk) 05:16, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Boy, that is helpful[edit]

The diagram at the top, where the acyl group appears in 6 contexts, is extremely useful and clarifying, a summarizing remedy for a jungle of definitions. Thanks. 89.217.9.188 (talk) 22:42, 16 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Are all Acyl groups organic?[edit]

My reading of the the cited IUPAC definition for "Acyl" is that they are oxoacids that include an "R" group, hence are organic. "Formyl" is also classified as "Acyl". I think that the reference to inorganic oxoacids should be removed.ChiBeta (talk) 06:50, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

In addition I propose that 'alkyl group' is replaced by 'organoyl group' in the body text.

Simon de Danser (talk) 05:13, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Like carbonyl, but...[edit]

At first glance an acyl group looks a lot like a carbonyl group, yet neither entry discusses their relation. Someone should really fix that! I'm too tired to work out what the difference is myself right now. --Oolong (talk) 19:36, 30 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]