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BENZYL GROUP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does benzyl group mean?
• BENZYL GROUP (noun)
The noun BENZYL GROUP has 1 sense:
1. the univalent radical derived from toluene
Familiarity information: BENZYL GROUP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The univalent radical derived from toluene
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
benzyl; benzyl group; benzyl radical
Hypernyms ("benzyl group" is a kind of...):
chemical group; group; radical ((chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule)
Context examples
An isothiocyanate with a benzyl group (a methyl group connected to a phenyl ring with structure C6H5CH2-).
(Benzyl Isothiocyanate, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
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