Definition of Diethyl

1. Noun. (organic chemistry) Two ethyl groups attached to the same molecule. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Diethyl

1. in chemistry, having two ethyl groups [adj]

Medical Definition of Diethyl

1. A compound containing two ethyl radicals. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diethyl

dietetical
dietetically
dietetics
dietetist
dietetists
dieth
diethadione
diethanolamine
diethanolamines
diethazine
diethenoid fatty acid
diether
diethers
diethoxy
diethoxydimethylsilane
diethyl (current term)
diethyl ether
diethyl maleate
diethyl phthalate
diethyl pyrocarbonate
diethyl succinate carboxylesterase
diethylamide
diethylamides
diethylamine
diethylamines
diethylamino
diethylaminoethyl cellulose
diethylaminoethylcellulose
diethylaniline
diethylanilines

Literary usage of Diethyl

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

1. Poisons: Their Effects and Detection by Alexander Wynter Blyth, Meredith Wynter Blyth (1906)
"diethyl-ma/onyl carbamide, and ethyl-butyryl carbamide, diethyl-malonyl carbamide, and dipropyl-malonyl carbamide, all have a narcotic action, ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"Vpc Data for Reaction Mixture Analysis measured amounts of standardized LiAlH4-diethyl ether solution to a flask containing a magnetic stirrer, ..."

3. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1866)
"... Benzylidene-diethyl-diphenyl- ... -diethyl-diphenyl- diamine . - . . 459 Product« of the action of Cin-" namic, ..."

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