In chemistry, the radical or functional group derived from acrylic acid by removing the hydroxyl group.
From 'acrylic' (relating to acrylic acid, from Latin 'acer' meaning sharp) + chemical suffix '-yl' (indicating a radical or univalent group).
Acrylyl is part of the chemistry that makes plastics and paints possible—it's one of those invisible chemical pieces that appears in thousands of products we use daily, from nail polish to artificial fibers!
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