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naming phenyl
« on: February 16, 2007, 02:57:16 PM »

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Re: naming phenyl
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2007, 02:59:11 PM »
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Re: naming phenyl
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2007, 04:44:28 PM »
Benzene is a...special chemical species.

It's just convention.  The ring can be a substituent, or the acyclic portion can be a substituent, depending on what takes priority.

It's the same thing as this:

Why is it styrene instead of 2-phenyl-1-ethene?  It's just a name that's been used for a long time.

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Re: naming phenyl
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2007, 09:33:29 PM »
And note, even though benzene is the ring and phenol is benzene plus 1 hydroxy group, the functional group of a benzene ring when added is always phenyl. Not sure if there's a reason for that or not. I doubt you'll ever see 1,3,5-cyclohexatriene anywhere...

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