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  • noun Plural form of carbonyl.

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Examples

  • Institute of Technology in 1950, I began to return to my first interest as a student - transition metal complexes such as carbonyls and olefin complexes.

    Geoffrey Wilkinson - Autobiography 1974

  • "The identification of multifunctional compounds, such as carbonyls and amines, present in the ultrafine particles, made it possible for us to estimate the Asthma Hazard Index for these compounds," he said.

    Daily News & Analysis 2010

  • Such chemicals differ in size, properties and origin, and can range from isoprene, monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, and so-called green leaf and herbivore-induced volatiles to oxygenated volatile organic compounds such as carbonyls, acids and alcohols.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2010

  • Such chemicals differ in size, properties and origin, and can range from isoprene, monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, and so-called green leaf and herbivore-induced volatiles to oxygenated volatile organic compounds such as carbonyls, acids and alcohols.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2010

  • Such chemicals differ in size, properties and origin, and can range from isoprene, monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, and so-called green leaf and herbivore-induced volatiles to oxygenated volatile organic compounds such as carbonyls, acids and alcohols.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2010

  • Such chemicals differ in size, properties and origin, and can range from isoprene, monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, and so-called green leaf and herbivore-induced volatiles to oxygenated volatile organic compounds such as carbonyls, acids and alcohols.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2010

  • "The identification of multifunctional compounds, such as carbonyls and amines, present in the ultrafine particles, made it possible for us to estimate the Asthma Hazard

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • "The identification of multifunctional compounds, such as carbonyls and amines, present in the ultrafine particles, made it possible for us to estimate the Asthma Hazard

    R&D Mag - News 2010

  • "Reactions of ozone with human skin lipids: Sources of carbonyls, dicarbonyls, and hydroxycarbonyls in indoor air"

    Bad Press for Sleeping Babies 2009

  • He found "astonishingly high levels of reactive carbonyls" in those beverages.

    Speedlinking 9/19/07 William Harryman 2007

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