phenyl

See also: phényl

English

formula for the phenyl group

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der.

Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō

Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)der.

French phéno-

Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?

Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.

French -yle

French phénylebor.

English phenyl

Borrowed from French phényle, derived from the root of Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “to shine”) plus ὕλη (húlē, “wood; material, substance”). Equivalent to phen- +‎ -yl.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfiː.naɪl/, /ˈfɛn.l̩/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛn.l̩/, /ˈfi.nl̩/
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /pʰɪˈnajl/
• Rhymes: -iːnaɪl, -ɛnəl, -iːnəl

Noun

phenyl (plural phenyls)

1. (organic chemistry) A univalent hydrocarbon radical, C₆H₅ (benzene minus one hydrogen atom), and the basis of an immense number of aromatic derivatives.

Usage notes

May be called by the chemical symbol Ph or Φ.

Derived terms

• adapalene
• alphenal
• alprazolam
• aminophenyl
• biphenyl
• bromophenyl
• carboxyphenyl
• carfecillin
• cefedrolor
• clomifene
• cyanophenyl
• darifenacin
• dichlorophenylphosphine
• diisopropylphenyl
• dimethoxyphenylpenicillin
• dinitrodiphenylamine
• diphenyl
• diphenylacetyl
• diphenylhydantoin
• enalapril
• enilospirone
• febuxostat
• felbamate
• fendosal
• fengabine
• fenthion
• fluorophenyl
• halophenyl
• hydroxyphenyl
• ibuprofen
• iodophenyl
• iofendylate
• lofendazam
• mephenytoin
• methoxyphenyl
• methylenedioxyphenyl
• miconazole
• monophenyl
• nefazodone
• nitrophenyl
• oligophenyl
• pentaphenyl
• phenacaine
• phenetol
• phenibut
• pheno-
• phenone
• phenose
• phensuximide
• phenylacetaldehyde
• phenylacetamide
• phenylacetic
• phenylacetone
• phenylacetylene
• phenylalanine
• phenylalkane
• phenylaniline
• phenylated
• phenyl azide
• phenylbenzene
• phenylboric
• phenylboronic
• phenylboronic acid
• phenylbutanoic
• phenylbutanoic acid
• phenylbutyrate
• phenylcarbinol
• phenylcoumarin
• phenyldiazirine
• phenylephedrine
• phenylephrine
• phenylethyl
• phenylethylamide
• phenylethylamine
• phenylethylene
• phenylheptatriene
• phenylheptatriyne
• phenylhydrazine
• phenylhydrazone
• phenylhydroxylamine
• phenylic
• phenylindole
• phenylisothiocyanate
• phenylketone
• phenyllithium
• phenyl mercaptan
• phenylmercurial
• phenylmercuric
• phenylmercury
• phenylmethane
• phenylmethyl
• phenylnitrone
• phenylosazone
• phenylpiperazine
• phenylpiperidine
• phenylpiracetam
• phenylpropane
• phenylpropene
• phenylpyrazole
• phenylpyrrole
• phenylpyruvate
• phenyltetrazolium
• phenylthiocarbamide
• phenylthiohydantoin
• phenylthiol
• phenylthiourea
• phenyltropane
• phenyracillin
• polyphenyl
• sildenafil
• tamoxifen
• terphenyl
• tetraphenyl
• tetraphenylborate
• tetraphenylphosphonium
• tetraphenylsilane
• thiophenyl
• tranylcypromine
• trichlorophenol
• trifluoromethylphenyl
• trihexyphenidyl
• trimethylphenyl
• trimethylphenylammonium
• triphenyl
• venlafaxine

Related terms

• pheno-
• phenol

Translations

univalent hydrocarbon radical (C₆H₅)

• Bulgarian: фенил m (fenil)
• Catalan: fenil m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 苯基 (bun² gei¹)

  Mandarin: 苯基 (zh) (běnjī)

• Czech: fenyl (cs) m
• Finnish: fenyyli, fenyyliryhmä
• Italian: fenile (it) m
• Japanese: フェニル基 (フェニルき, feniru-ki)
• Korean: 페닐기 (penilgi)
• Polish: fenyl (pl) m
• Spanish: fenilo m

References

• Colin McIntosh, editor (2013), “phenyl”, in Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 4th edition, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, reproduced in the Cambridge English Dictionary website, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.