Explanatory notes
… GENERAL This sub-Chapter covers the carboxylic acids which contain the characteristic function (–COOH), called the … is removed, the residue is an acyl radical which can be represented by the formula (RCO–) where R is an alkyl or … aryl radical (methyl, ethyl, phenyl, etc.). Acyl radicals enter into the formulae of anhydrides, halides, peroxides, …