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benzoil

benzoil is the archaic form of benzoyl.

Meaning of benzoyl

Noun

benzoyl (plural benzoyls)

  1. (especially, in-compounds) A univalent radical formally derived from benzoic acid, C₆H₅CO-, by removal of the hydroxyl group.
    • The O–O bond in benzoyl peroxide and the C–N bonds in AIBN homolyze under thermal or photochemical conditions.2007, Robert B. Grossman, The Art of Writing Reasonable Organic Reaction Mechanisms, →ISBN

Forms of benzoil

pluralbenzoils

Questions about benzoil

What is benzoil the archaic form of?
Benzoil is the archaic form of benzoyl.

Words near benzoil in the dictionary

  1. benzohydroxamates
  2. benzohydroxamic acid
  3. benzoic
  4. benzoic acid
  5. benzoid
  6. benzoil
  7. benzoils
  8. benzoin
  9. benzoinated
  10. benzoins
  11. benzoisochromanequinone

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