Definition of Thionyl

1. n. The hypothetical radical SO, regarded as an essential constituent of certain sulphurous compounds; as, thionyl chloride.

Definition of Thionyl

1. Noun. (chemistry) The divalent radical O=S< ¹

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Definition of Thionyl

1. sulfinyl [n -S] - See also: sulfinyl

Medical Definition of Thionyl

1. The hypothetical radical SO, regarded as an essential constituent of certain sulphurous compounds; as, thionyl chloride. Origin: Thionic + -yl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thionyl

thionein
thioneine
thiones
thionic
thionic acid
thionin
thionine
thionines
thionins
thiono-
thionol
thionoline
thionolines
thionucleosides
thionucleotides
thionyl (current term)
thionylamine
thionylamines
thionyls
thiopanic acid
thiopental
thiopental sodium
thiopentals
thiopentobarbital sodium
thiopeptide
thiopeptides
thioperamide
thioperoxide
thioperoxides
thiophanate

Literary usage of Thionyl

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

1. The Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry by Society of Chemical Industry (1884)
"(1) IT was thought possible that thionyl chloride and hydrogen sulphide might react on each other, accordin" to the equations SOCl. + SH. ..."

2. Organic Chemistry: Or : Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds by Victor von Richter (1922)
"thionyl-phenyl-hydrazone is more easily produced when thionyl-aniline acts upon ... thionyl chloride, acetyl chloride, and other acid chlorides rearrange ..."

3. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1908)
"With thionyl chloride, either the oxide of tellurium or the metal yields ... Tellurium and thionyl chloride, when heated together in a sealed tube for ..."

4. The Preparation of Organic Compounds by Edward de Barry Barnett (1912)
"thionyl chloride serves chiefly for the preparation of acid chlorides,2 and for this purpose has the advantage over phos- 1 B. 7, 741 ; A, 174, 372 ; J. pr. ..."

5. American Druggist (1893)
"An important new series of compounds, the thionyl- amines, in which two new hydrogen atoms of the amido group of the primary amines are replaced by the ..."

6. Inorganic Chemistry by Ira Remsen (1898)
"... derived from the acids by the replacement of one hydroxyl in each by chlorine. The former compound is known, the latter is not. thionyl Chloride, SOC1 ..."

7. Laboratory Methods of Inorganic Chemistry by Heinrich Biltz, Wilhelm Biltz (1909)
"Sulphurous Acid Chloride (thionyl Chloride) SOC1 i Provide a liter, round-bottomed flask with a stopper through which a delivery tube and the lower end of a ..."

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