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benzenesulphonyl

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ben-zene-sulpho-nyl
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The sulphonyl of benzene (chemical formula: C₆H₅SO₂).

Uncountable

Etymology

From benzene (“aromatic hydrocarbon of the formula C₆H₆”) + sulphonyl (“univalent radical derived from a sulphonic acid”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

besyl (alternative, contraction) Bs (alternative, abbreviation) benzenesulfonyl (alternative)

Phrases

benzenesulphonyl chloride

Questions

What does benzenesulphonyl mean?
The sulphonyl of benzene (chemical formula: C₆H₅SO₂).
Where does benzenesulphonyl come from?
From benzene (“aromatic hydrocarbon of the formula C₆H₆”) + sulphonyl (“univalent radical derived from a sulphonic acid”).

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