allyl radical

1. 1.

   the univalent unsaturated organic radical C3H5; derived from propylene

   Synonymsallylallyl group

   Broadergroup

Questions about allyl radical

What does allyl radical mean?

allyl radical means "the univalent unsaturated organic radical C3H5; derived from propylene".

What is another word for allyl radical?

Close synonyms include allyl, allyl group. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is allyl radical a common word?

allyl radical is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.