besyl

English

Noun

besyl (uncountable)

1. Contraction of benzenesulphonyl.

Derived terms

• besylic

References

• Senning, Alexander (2019) The Etymology of Chemical Names: Tradition and Convenience vs. Rationality in Chemical Nomenclature, Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter, →ISBN, § 2.7: “Semitrivial names”, page 123: “Besyl- (benzenesulfonyl-), a contraction of the systematic name.”

Anagrams

• Bleys, lesby, Byles, Blyes, bleys, Selby