Definition of Propyl group

1. Noun. The monovalent organic group C3H7- obtained from propane.

Exact synonyms: Propyl, Propyl Radical
Generic synonyms: Chemical Group, Group, Radical

Lexicographical Neighbors of Propyl Group

propugnacle
propugnacles
propugnation
propugnations
propulsation
propulsion
propulsion system
propulsions
propulsive
propulsively
propulsiveness
propulsory
propwash deflection unit
propyl
propyl alcohol
propyl group (current term)
propyl radical
propyla
propylaea
propylaeum
propylaeums
propylamine
propylamines
propylammonium
propylammoniums
propylbenzene
propylbenzenes
propylene
propylene glycol
propylene oxide

Literary usage of Propyl group

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

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"... group an attractive force which will differ more from that of an ethyl group than would an ethyl and iso- propyl group when compared in the same way. ..."

2. A Manuel of the Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Carl Schorlemmer (1874)
"... PROPYL-GROUP. Primary Propyl Alcohol C3H7.OH occurs in small quantities in the fusel-oil of beetroot spirit, corn spirit, and cognac. ..."

3. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1891)
"The propyl group is converted into the isopropyl group. ... The latter contains the normal propyl group, which was changed to the isopropyl group, ..."

4. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1891)
"The propyl group is converted into the isopropyl group. ... The latter contains the normal propyl group, which was changed to the isopropyl group, ..."

5. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1889)
"reduced to methyl, the isopropyl- changes into the normal propyl-group. ' If, on the other hand, the methyl group in cymene is oxidized to carboxyl, ..."

6. Principles of Pharmacy by Henry Vinecome Arny (1917)
"A comparison of this formula with that of thymol, given above, shows that the only difference is that in thymol the propyl group is attached to carbon atom ..."

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