malonyln.
/ˈmalənɪl/, /ˈmalənʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈmæləˌnɪl/ Chemistry.
The divalent radical —CO·CH2·CO— derived from malonic acid by removal of the two hydroxyl groups. Usually attributive.
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1888 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 54 686 Malonyl hydrazide, CH2(CO·NH·NHPh)2,..crystallises..in white leaflets.
1931 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 273 The Friedel-Crafts reaction has now been extended to the coupling of malonyl chloride..with methyl ethers of resorcinol.
1971 Nomencl. Org. Chem. (I.U.P.A.C.) (ed. 2) C. 313 Malonyl (preferred to propanedioyl) —CO·CH2·CO—.
1992 C. A. Smith & E. J. Wood Biosynthesis viii. 156 Once malonyl CoA has been generated from acetyl CoA, a sequence of six enzyme-catalysed reactions is repeated in cyclic fashion as many times as is necessary to synthesize the required fatty acid.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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