phenyl

[fen-l, feen-l]

adjective Chemistry.

containing the phenyl group.

Origin of phenyl

First recorded in 1840–50; phen- + -yl

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Historical Examples of phenyl

He is much excited during this semi-sleeping state, and repeats continually, "Phenyl, phenyl."
Dream Psychology
Sigmund Freud
Phenyl derivatives of simple amines are sometimes found in plants.
The Chemistry of Plant Life
Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
Aniline is sometimes so named on account of its relation to the phenyl series.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II
Arnold Cooley
Another portion of the solution gave a slight precipitate with phenyl hydrazine in the cold.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)
William Anderson Syme
The first of these is benzyl chloride, the second benzal chloride, and the third benzotrichloride or phenyl chloroform.
Coal
Raphael Meldola

British Dictionary definitions for phenyl

phenyl

noun

(modifier) of, containing, or consisting of the monovalent group C 6 H 5, derived from benzenea phenyl group or radical

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Word Origin and History for phenyl

radical base of phenol, 1850, from French phényle; see pheno-.

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