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besyl

besyl is the contraction of benzenesulphonyl.

Meaning of benzenesulphonyl

Noun

benzenesulphonyl (uncountable)

  1. The sulphonyl of benzene (chemical formula: C₆H₅SO₂).

Words formed from besyl

Questions about besyl

What is besyl the contraction of?
Besyl is the contraction of benzenesulphonyl.

Words near besyl in the dictionary

  1. beswink
  2. beswinking
  3. beswore
  4. besworn
  5. besyde
  6. besyl
  7. besylate
  8. besylates
  9. besylic
  10. Besòs
  11. bet

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Adapted from Wiktionary: besyl (page history and authors); benzenesulphonyl (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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