You know what it looks like… but what is it called?
TAKE THE QUIZmesityl
noun
mes·i·tyl
plural -s
1
: a hypothetical radical C3H5 of which mesityl oxide was once regarded as the oxide and acetone as the hydroxide
2
: either of two univalent radicals C9H11 derived from mesitylene by removal of one hydrogen atom:
a
: the substituted phenyl radical (CH3)3C6H2−
b
: the substituted benzyl radical (CH3)2C6H3CH2−; 3,5-dimethyl-benzyl
called also alpha-mesityl
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