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homobenzylic

homobenzylic adjective: containing the homobenzyl (C₆H₅-CH₂-CH₂-) radical or any of its derivatives.

Adjective

homobenzylic (not comparable)

  1. containing the homobenzyl (C₆H₅-CH₂-CH₂-) radical or any of its derivatives

Origin of homobenzylic

From homo- (“homologous”) + benzylic.

Questions about homobenzylic

What does homobenzylic mean?
Homobenzylic means containing the homobenzyl (C₆H₅-CH₂-CH₂-) radical or any of its derivatives.
What part of speech is homobenzylic?
Homobenzylic is an adjective.

Words near homobenzylic in the dictionary

  1. homobasidia
  2. homobasidiomycete
  3. homobasidiomycetes
  4. homobasidium
  5. homobatrachotoxin
  6. homobenzylic
  7. homobifunctional
  8. homobinuclear
  9. homobivalent
  10. homoblastic
  11. homoblasty

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