carbonyl group

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Through both laboratory experiments and computer simulations, the researchers discovered that Ca2+ ions move quickly along aligned carbonyl groups inside the structured pores of the covalent organic frameworks.

From Science Daily

However, analogues in which a methyl group is attached next to the carbonyl group were poor substrates.

From Nature

Using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Fourier transform infrared imaging, the team found carbonyl groups at the tail ends of the polymer chains.

From Scientific American

The bundle makes minimal protein contacts between helices, but is stabilized by anchoring to the semi-clathrate water monolayers through backbone carbonyl groups in the protein interior.

From Science Magazine

By transformations of the carbonyl group, and at the same time of the hydroxyl group, many interesting types of nitrogen compounds may be correlated.

From Project Gutenberg