decyl

decyl

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English decane
Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?
Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.
Frenchder.
English -yl
English decyl

    From decane + -yl.

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    decyl (plural decyls)

    1. (organic chemistry) Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C10H21, formally derived from decane by the loss of a hydrogen atom

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