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biaryls

biaryls is the plural of biaryl.

Meaning of biaryl

Noun

biaryl (plural biaryls)

  1. Any compound containing a substructure that is an assembly of two aromatic rings or aryl groups, if joined by a single bond.
    • Copper is the most ancient transition metal used for the synthesis of biaryls and it is still employed nowadays. This part will deal with recent developments in aryl-aryl bond formation using copper derivatives as reagents or catalysts.2002, J Hassan, M Se ́vignon, C Gozzi, E Schulz & M Lemaire* (2002) "Aryl−Aryl Bond Formation One Century after the Discovery of the Ullmann Reaction," Chem. Rev. 102:1359−1469, esp. 1362

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Questions about biaryls

What is biaryls the plural of?
Biaryls is the plural of biaryl.

Words near biaryls in the dictionary

  1. biarticularity
  2. biarticulars
  3. biarticulate
  4. biarticulated
  5. biaryl
  6. biaryls
  7. bias
  8. bias binding
  9. bias distortion
  10. bias distortions
  11. bias lighting

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