allyl

English

Etymology

From Latin allium (“garlic”) +‎ -yl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈælaɪl/, /ˈælɪl/

Noun

allyl (plural allyls)

1. (organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical, CH₂=CH-CH₂-, existing especially in oils of garlic and mustard.

Synonyms

• (organic radical): allyl group

Derived terms

• albutoin
• alcuronium
• aliconazole
• alimadol
• alizapride
• alletorphine
• allyl alcohol
• allylamine
• allylamino
• allylate
• allylbenzene
• allylborane
• allylboration
• allyl chloride
• allylchloride
• allylescaline
• allylestrenol
• allylglycine
• allyl isothiocyanate
• allylmercaptomethylpenicillin
• allylmetal
• allylnickel
• allylpalladium
• allylphenol
• allylphosphine
• allylsilane
• allylstannane
• allylsulfide
• allylthiourea
• allylzinc
• almecillin
• alphenal
• alpiropride
• altrenogest
• aminoallyl
• bromoallyl
• cycloallyl
• diallyl
• dimethylallyl
• homoallyl
• levallorphan
• nalorphine
• oxyallyl
• polyallyl
• Seconal
• tetraallyl
• triallyl
• tricarballylic acid
• veralipride

Related terms

• allylation
• allylic

Translations

organic radical

• Catalan: al·lil m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 烯丙基 (hei¹ bing² gei¹)

  Mandarin: 烯丙基 (xībǐngjī)

• Finnish: allyyli (fi)
• French: allyle (fr) m
• Italian: allile m
• Japanese: アリル基 (アリルき, ariru-ki)
• Korean: 알릴기 (allilgi)
• Portuguese: alila f
• Spanish: alilo m

See also

• methylene bridge
• vinyl

Anagrams

• Lally, Lyall, lally