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Definition of Octyl

1. n. A hypothetical hydrocarbon radical regarded as an essential residue of octane, and as entering into its derivatives; as, octyl alcohol.

Definition of Octyl

1. Noun. (organic chemistry) Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₈H₁₇, formally derived from octane by the loss of a proton ¹

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Definition of Octyl

1. a univalent radical [n -S]

Medical Definition of Octyl

1. A hypothetical hydrocarbon radical regarded as an essential residue of octane, and as entering into its derivatives; as, octyl alcohol. Origin: Octane + -yl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Octyl

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

1. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1884)
"Chlorine converts it, to begin with, into a mixture of a primary and secondary octyl chloride (Schorlemmer). Primary octyl Alcohol ..."

2. A Manual of Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1869)
"octyl ALCOHOLS AND ETHERS. Alcohols having the composition C,H180 are obtained: 1. From the octane or octyl hydride of American petroleum, by the series of ..."

3. Fownes' Manual of Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1878)
"action of zinc and hydrochloric acid on the secondary octyl iodide obtained ... The octyl chloride prepared from this octane smells faintly of oranges, ..."

4. A Manuel of the Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Carl Schorlemmer (1874)
"On heating these ethers with an alcoholic solution of caustic potash, octyl alcohol is obtained, a colourless liquid, insoluble in water, boiling at 195°, ..."

5. A Manuel of the Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Carl Schorlemmer (1874)
"On heating these ethers with an alcoholic solution of caustic potash, octyl alcohol is obtained, a colourless liquid, insoluble in water, boiling at 195°, ..."

6. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1871)
"A base produced by heating'alcoholic ammonia with iodide of octyl (Squire, ... by heating iodide or chloride of octyl with sodium or mercury (B oui в); ..."

7. Wöhler's Outlines of Organic Chemistry by Friedrich Wöhler, Ira Remsen, Rudolph Fittig (1873)
"... boiling point, 140-142° ; specific gravity, 0.8593 at 0°. Yields by oxidation acetic and propionic (?) acids. 8. octyl Alcohols (Capryl Alcohols). ..."

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