ARYL

Aryl

In the context of organic molecules, aryl refers to any functional group or substituent derived from an aromatic ring, be it phenyl, naphthyl, thienyl, indolyl, etc. . "Aryl" is used for the sake of abbreviation or generalization, and "Ar" is used as a placeholder for the aryl group in chemical structure diagrams.

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aryl

Noun

  1. Any univalent organic radical derived from an aromatic hydrocarbon by removing a hydrogen atom.


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