Definition of Benzylic

1. Adjective. Relating to benzyl.

Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Derivative terms: Benzyl
Partainyms: Benzyl Group

Definition of Benzylic

1. Adjective. (organic chemistry) containing the benzyl (C6H5-CH2-) radical or any of its derivatives ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Benzylic

1. benzyl [adj] - See also: benzyl

Medical Definition of Benzylic

1. Relating to or containing benzyl. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Benzylic

benzyl carbinol
benzyl cinnamate
benzyl group
benzyl penicillin
benzyl radical
benzyl viologen
benzylamine
benzylamine oxidase
benzylamines
benzylated
benzylating
benzylation
benzylene
benzylhydantoin
benzylhydantoins
benzylic (current term)
benzylidene
benzylidene compounds
benzylideneacetone
benzylideneacetones
benzylidenes
benzylidine
benzylisoquinoline
benzylisoquinolines
benzylmorphine
benzyloxy
benzyloxycarbonyl
benzyloxyphenoxazone debenzylase
benzylpenicillin
benzylpiperazine

Literary usage of Benzylic

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

1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1858)
"A. PRIMARY SERIES. PRIMARY NUCLEUS C"H8. % A resinous body having this composition is produced by the action of fluoride of boron on benzylic alcohol. ..."

2. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1880)
"... alcoholic ammonia solution, or potassic cyanide or sulphide in alcoholic solution. benzylic chloride, in fact, closely resembles the ..."

3. Pharmacographia; a History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin, Met by Friedrich August Flückiger, Daniel Hanburgy (1879)
"Kachler assigns to the balsam the following composition: 46 per cent, of cinnamic acid, 32 of resin, 20 of benzylic alcohol. These latter figures however ..."

4. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"When this is distilled, benzylic alcohol passes over below 300°, ... benzylic ether is a colourless, slightly fluorescent oil, boiling at 300°—315°. ..."

5. Introduction to the Study of Organic Chemistry: The Chemistry of Carbon and by Henry Edward Armstrong (1884)
"PHENOLS AND ALCOHOLS OF THE benzylic SERIES. ... exist, besides the metameric benzylic alcohol, which bears the same relation to the isomeric cresols that ..."

6. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"The energy barriers) for exchange of the magnetically nonequivalent benzylic hydrogens have been determined for three halides. Evidence is presented that ..."

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