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Definition of Hexyl

1. n. A compound radical, C₆H₁₃, regarded as the essential residue of hexane, and a related series of compounds.

Definition of Hexyl

1. Noun. (organic chemistry) Either of many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₆H₁₃, formally derived from hexane by the loss of a proton ¹

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Definition of Hexyl

1. a hydrocarbon radical [n -S] : HEXYLIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Hexyl

1. A compound radical, C6H13, regarded as the essential residue of hexane, and a related series of compounds. Origin: Hex- + -yl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Hexyl

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1871)
"The compounds of hexyl were hardly known before the year 1861, the alcohol having been barely identified by Faget, in fusel-oil, in 1854 (Compt. rend, ..."

2. A Manual of Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1873)
"Another primary hexyl alcohol was found by Faget in fusel-oil. The statements respecting it are not very exact, but as it is produced by fermentation, ..."

3. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1884)
"The secondary iodide is a colourless liquid, which soon becomes brown on exposure, boils at 1GT, and at 0° has a specific gravity of 1-4526. SECONDARY hexyl ..."

4. A Manuel of the Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Carl Schorlemmer (1874)
"It has a pungent acid taste, and a faint sour smell. The corresponding alcohol is not known. hexyl GROUP. Four paraffins having the formula ..."

5. A Manuel of the Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Carl Schorlemmer (1874)
"It has a pungent acid taste, and a faint sour smell. The corresponding alcohol is not known. hexyl GROUP. Four paraffins having the formula ..."

6. The Optical Rotating Power of Organic Substances and Its Practical Applications by Hans Landolt, Otto Schönrock, Paul Lindner (1902)
"METHYL-hexyl CARBINOL, 8.2° Obtained by reduction of the following compound : t = 24°, [«]/> = + 4.69°.' Methyl-hexyl ketone. By saponification of amyl ..."

7. Introduction to the Study of Organic Chemistry by Adolf Pinner (1882)
"The normal hexyl alcohol exists as a butyric ester in the seeds of the ... A secondary hexyl alcohol is obtained by the action of silver oxide on the iodide ..."

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