Definition of Nonyl

1. n. The hydrocarbon radical, C9H19, derived from nonane and forming many compounds. Used also adjectively; as, nonyl alcohol.

Definition of Nonyl

1. Noun. (organic chemistry) Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C9H19, formally derived from nonane by the loss of a proton. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nonyl

1. an alkyl radical [n -S]

Medical Definition of Nonyl

1. The hydrocarbon radical, C9H19, derived from nonane and forming many compounds. Used also adjectively; as, nonyl alcohol. Origin: Nonane + -yl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonyl

nonwriter
nonwriters
nonwriting
nonwritten
nonxanthine
nonxenon
nonxenophobic
nonxeric
nonxerophilic
nonxylene
nonxylitol
nonxylose
nonyellow
nonyellowing
nonyielding
nonyl (current term)
nonylene
nonylenes
nonylenic
nonylic
nonylphenol
nonylphenols
nonyls
nonyoga
nonyogic
nonyoung
nonzealot
nonzealots
nonzeolitic
nonzero

Literary usage of Nonyl

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

1. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1884)
"... its formation is strictly analogous to that of isobutyric acid from trimethyl carbinol.1 COMPOUNDS CONTAINING NINE ATOMS OF CARBON, OR THE nonyl GROUP. ..."

2. A Manuel of the Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Carl Schorlemmer (1874)
"The iodide boils at 212°, and yields by the action of nascent hydrogen normal octane. nonyl GROUP. This group has been so far very little studied. ..."

3. A Manuel of the Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Carl Schorlemmer (1874)
"^6^13 ) nonyl GROUP. ... occurs in the essential oil of Pelargonium roseum, and is also formed by oxidizing methyl-nonyl ketone, the chief constituent of ..."

4. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1871)
"Hydride of nonyl boils between° and 137° ; its vapour-density by experiment is 4'50 (Wurtz); by calculation 4-432. Its odour is somewhat like that of lemons ..."

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