How do you name Toulene as a substituent?

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How do you name Toulene (Benzene with a methyl group) as a substituent? Like if it were attached to an 8 carbon chain? I know that benzene as a substituent is phenyl but what about the additional Methyl group attached? Thanks!

 

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I'm totally blanking on this right now...

How do you name Toulene (Benzene with a methyl group) as a substituent? Like if it were attached to an 8 carbon chain? I know that benzene as a substituent is phenyl but what about the additional Methyl group attached? Thanks!

Benzyl

 

[klaurent02]

p-methyl phenyl? i'm not sure about that one.

 

[KlassyJ]

I'm totally blanking on this right now...

How do you name Toulene (Benzene with a methyl group) as a substituent? Like if it were attached to an 8 carbon chain? I know that benzene as a substituent is phenyl but what about the additional Methyl group attached? Thanks!

- It's "Methylbenzene"

http://www.chem.ucalgary.ca/courses/351/orgnom/aromatics/aromatics-02.html

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[Kwiz]

"Cresyl" or "tolyl"
Either p-, m-, or o-cresyl

http://www.chemnet.com/Global/Products/pcresylacetate/Suppliers-0-0.html

 

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"Cresyl" or "tolyl"
Either p-, m-, or o-cresyl

http://www.chemnet.com/Global/Products/pcresylacetate/Suppliers-0-0.html

^if the parent chain is attached to the ring

otherwise, the substituent would be called "benzyl," R-CH2(Ph)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzyl

 

[Kwiz]

That's not correct either. A benzyl group is a benzene minus one hydrogen, and at that hydrogen there is a CH2 and an unbounded electron pair, or an R group. Now if you said phenyl, you'd be correct to an extent. Basically here's how it works:
You got the aryl group, which encompasses any functional group derived from an aromatic ring.

Next you got the phenyl , naphthyl , indolyl. Each of these only encompasses functional groups derived from themselves.

Next you got things like tolyl, and benzyl

That's like thinking in terms of the federal, state, and local levels of gov't