pyridyl
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A chemical group made of a six-sided ring that contains one nitrogen
- noun
- /ˈpɪrɪdɪl/
- Specialized
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grupo piridilo
- In the synthesis of the new compound, they used a pyridyl group to enhance its stability.
Examples
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The MMPs are things like chloro-for-methoxy on an aryl ring, or thiophene-for-pyridyl with other substituents the same.
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To improve solubility, they chose to incorporate a pyridyl moiety into the molecular structure.
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The researchers focused on the reactivity of the pyridyl radical in their experiments.
Surface Forms
Morphology
pyridyl = pyridine (semi-transparent) = pyrid + yl
Built from 'pyridine' + the chemical suffix '-yl'; semantically regular for chemistry but requires specialist knowledge.
Etymology
Pyridyl names the 'group' that comes from pyridine, with the ending -yl showing it is a part used in chemical names. So a pyridyl is the pyridine 'part', a small ring with a nitrogen, that can attach to another molecule.
