Definition of Naphthyl

1. n. A hydrocarbon radical regarded as the essential residue of naphthalene.

Definition of Naphthyl

1. Noun. (organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric univalent radicals formally derived from naphthalene by removal of a hydrogen atom ¹

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Definition of Naphthyl

1. a radical derived from naphthalene [n -S]

Medical Definition of Naphthyl

1. A hydrocarbon radical regarded as the essential residue of naphthalene. Origin: Naphthalene + -yl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Naphthyl

naphthoate
naphthoate synthetase
naphthoates
naphthoflavone
naphthoflavones
naphthoic
naphthoic acid
naphthol
naphthol as d esterase
naphthol yellow S
naphtholate
naphthols
naphthoquinone
naphthoquinones
naphthous
naphthyl (current term)
naphthylamidase
naphthylamidases
naphthylamide
naphthylamides
naphthylamine
naphthylamines
naphthylpiperazine
naphthyls
naphthylthiourea
naphthylvinylpyridine
naphthyridine
naphthyridines
naphtol
naphtols

Literary usage of Naphthyl

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

1. Technology of Cellulose Esters: A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the by Edward Chauncey Worden (1921)
"naphthyl benzoate, cellulose ester solvent, 2538. naphthyl carbonate, cellulose ... naphthyl phosphate, cellulose ester solvent, 2540. naphthyl phosphate ..."

2. Lecture Notes for Chemical Students by Edward Frankland (1881)
"naphthyl SUBIES. Hydrobromic acid. General formula. . L The radical naphthyl has alone been isolated, but it is known in three isomerie modifications, ..."

3. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial ScienceChe (1904)
"... substitution produits of ar - tetrahydro-J-naphthyl- amine, 247 Winkler, С., ... naphthyl ..."

4. Coal-tar and Ammonia by Georg Lunge (1916)
"... have been obtained by Tauber and Lowenherz (Bei:, 1891, pp. 1033 and 2597) from benzidine, tolidine, and their amides. Phenyl-p-naphthyl-carbazol, ..."

5. Review of American Chemical Research by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1906)
"Wool from an acid bath is dyed violet to blue with dyestuff s obtained by the combination of a-naphthyl- amine and ethyl-a-naphthylamine with the diazo ..."

6. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1866)
"naphthyl ...... — Salts of naphthylamine . . .21 Bromide of Ethyl-naphthyl-ammo. mum ...... 22 Iodide of Methyl-naphthyl-amir.0- nium . ..."

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