Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

benzil

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables: ben-zil
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The organic compound 1,2-diphenyl-1,2-ethanedione, a diketone used as an intermediate in organic synthesis and as a photoinitiator for free-radical curing of polymer networks.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

benzils (plural)

Phrases

benzilic acid

Questions

What does benzil mean?: The organic compound 1,2-diphenyl-1,2-ethanedione, a diketone used as an intermediate in organic synthesis and as a photoinitiator for free-radical curing of polymer networks.

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