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phenylmethylsulfonyl

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
phenyl-methyl-sul-fonyl
IPA
42
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The univalent radical formed by the attachment of a sulfonyl group to methylbenzene (toluene)

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

phenylmethanesulfonyl (alternative)

Phrases

phenylmethylsulfonyl chloride phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride

Synonyms

tosyl

Questions

What does phenylmethylsulfonyl mean?
The univalent radical formed by the attachment of a sulfonyl group to methylbenzene (toluene)

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