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See also: phényl
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French phényle, derived from the root of Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “to shine”) plus ὕλη (húlē, “wood; material, substance”). Equivalent to phen- + -yl.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfiː.naɪl/, /ˈfɛn.l̩/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɛn.l̩/, /ˈfi.nl̩/
- (Indic) IPA(key): /pʰɪˈnajl/
- Rhymes: -iːnaɪl, -ɛnəl, -iːnəl
Noun
phenyl (plural phenyls)
- (organic chemistry) A univalent hydrocarbon radical, C6H5 (benzene minus one hydrogen atom), and the basis of an immense number of aromatic derivatives.
Usage notes
May be called by the chemical symbol Ph or Φ.
Derived terms
- adapalene
- alphenal
- alprazolam
- aminophenyl
- biphenyl
- bromophenyl
- carboxyphenyl
- carfecillin
- cefedrolor
- clomifene
- cyanophenyl
- darifenacin
- dichlorophenylphosphine
- diisopropylphenyl
- dimethoxyphenylpenicillin
- dinitrodiphenylamine
- diphenyl
- diphenylacetyl
- diphenylhydantoin
- enalapril
- enilospirone
- febuxostat
- felbamate
- fendosal
- fengabine
- fenthion
- fluorophenyl
- halophenyl
- hydroxyphenyl
- ibuprofen
- iodophenyl
- iofendylate
- lofendazam
- mephenytoin
- methoxyphenyl
- methylenedioxyphenyl
- miconazole
- monophenyl
- nefazodone
- nitrophenyl
- oligophenyl
- pentaphenyl
- phenacaine
- phenetol
- phenibut
- pheno-
- phenone
- phenose
- phensuximide
- phenylacetaldehyde
- phenylacetamide
- phenylacetic
- phenylacetone
- phenylacetylene
- phenylalanine
- phenylalkane
- phenylaniline
- phenylated
- phenyl azide
- phenylbenzene
- phenylboric
- phenylboronic
- phenylboronic acid
- phenylbutanoic
- phenylbutanoic acid
- phenylbutyrate
- phenylcarbinol
- phenylcoumarin
- phenyldiazirine
- phenylephedrine
- phenylephrine
- phenylethyl
- phenylethylamide
- phenylethylamine
- phenylethylene
- phenylheptatriene
- phenylheptatriyne
- phenylhydrazine
- phenylhydrazone
- phenylhydroxylamine
- phenylic
- phenylindole
- phenylisothiocyanate
- phenylketone
- phenyllithium
- phenyl mercaptan
- phenylmercurial
- phenylmercuric
- phenylmercury
- phenylmethane
- phenylmethyl
- phenylnitrone
- phenylosazone
- phenylpiperazine
- phenylpiperidine
- phenylpiracetam
- phenylpropane
- phenylpropene
- phenylpyrazole
- phenylpyrrole
- phenylpyruvate
- phenyltetrazolium
- phenylthiocarbamide
- phenylthiohydantoin
- phenylthiol
- phenylthiourea
- phenyltropane
- phenyracillin
- polyphenyl
- sildenafil
- tamoxifen
- terphenyl
- tetraphenyl
- tetraphenylborate
- tetraphenylphosphonium
- tetraphenylsilane
- thiophenyl
- tranylcypromine
- trichlorophenol
- trifluoromethylphenyl
- trihexyphenidyl
- trimethylphenyl
- trimethylphenylammonium
- triphenyl
- venlafaxine
Related terms
Translations
univalent hydrocarbon radical (C6H5)
References
- Colin McIntosh, editor (2013), “phenyl”, in Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 4th edition, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, reproduced in the Cambridge English Dictionary website, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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