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Definition of Tolyl

1. n. The hydrocarbon radical, CH₃.C₆H₄, regarded as characteristic of certain compounds of the aromatic series related to toluene; as, tolyl carbinol.

Definition of Tolyl

1. Noun. (organic chemistry) Any of the three isomeric univalent aromatic radicals derived from toluene ¹

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Definition of Tolyl

1. a univalent chemical radical [n -S]

Medical Definition of Tolyl

1. The hydrocarbon radical, CH3.C6H4, regarded as characteristic of certain compounds of the aromatic series related to toluene; as, tolyl carbinol. Origin: Toluic + -yl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Tolyl

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

1. A Manuel of the Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Carl Schorlemmer (1874)
"When the chloride is heated with f silver acetate, it yields tolyl acetate, ... Alkalis convert it into tolyl alcohol, a crystalline solid, forming white ..."

2. A Manuel of the Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Carl Schorlemmer (1874)
"Alkalis convert it into tolyl alcohol, a crystalline solid, forming white ... is resolved into tolyl mustard-oil and toluidine; then the copper removes the ..."

3. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1891)
"CO,H, result from the oxidation of the phenyl tolyl methanes or phenyl- tolyl ketones, and can be synthesized by the methods given upon p. ..."

4. Review of American Chemical Research by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1903)
"The study of the phenyl and tolyl derivatives of guanidine was undertaken to ascertain, among other things, the influence of substituting groups upon the ..."

5. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"160°; im-tolyl derivative, yellow needles from ale., decomp. ... 148°; yield poor; 2-m-tolyl-2-benzyl derivative, yellow lustrous needles and prisms from ..."

6. Wöhler's Outlines of Organic Chemistry by Friedrich Wöhler, Ira Remsen, Rudolph Fittig (1873)
"Colorless needles, but slightly soluble in water, easily soluble in alcohol. Fuses at 59°, and boils at 217°. With hydrochloric acid, it yields liquid tolyl ..."

7. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1891)
"856):— result from the oxidation of the phenyl tolyl methanes or phenyl- tolyl ketones, and can be synthesized by the methods given upon p. 856. ..."

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