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pteridinyl

pteridinyl noun: the functional group derived from pteridine.

Noun

pteridinyl (uncountable)

  1. The functional group derived from pteridine.
    • Few of the potential displacement or other reactions of pteridinyl sulfoxides and sulfones have been reported but enough are known to confirm the utility of such substituents […]1988, D. J. Brown, The Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused Pyrimidines, page 340
    • Simultaneously, Stiefel and taylor were exploiting this methodology of cyclo-addition of quinoxalyl and pteridinyl acetylenes with a Mo-(S₄) reagent 22 to generate mono-dithiolene complexes of molybdenum(IV) (Scheme 2.22).2016, Russ Hille, Carola Schulzke, Martin L. Kirk, Molybdenum and Tungsten Enzymes: Bioinorganic Chemistry, page 35
    Synonyms:
    pteridyl

Synonyms of pteridinyl

Origin of pteridinyl

From pteridine + -yl.

Questions about pteridinyl

What does pteridinyl mean?
Pteridinyl means the functional group derived from pteridine.
What part of speech is pteridinyl?
Pteridinyl is a noun.

Words near pteridinyl in the dictionary

  1. pteridaceous
  2. pteridin
  3. pteridine
  4. pteridines
  5. pteridins
  6. pteridinyl
  7. pteridium
  8. pteridiums
  9. pterido-
  10. pteridography
  11. pteridoid

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