a monovalent alkyl radical C9H19; esp., the normal radical CH3(CH2)7CH2
Word origin
non(ane), a paraffin hydrocarbon from which it is derived + -yl
Examples of 'nonyl' in a sentence
nonyl
The nonyl chain adopts an extended zigzag conformation.
Khalil Mamari, Abdelfettah Zerzouf, Hafid Zouihri, El Mokhtar Essassi, Seik Weng Ng 2010, '1-(1-Nonyl-2-oxoindolin-3-ylidene)thiosemicarbazide', Acta Crystallographica Section Ehttp://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S160053681001651X. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The most active compounds in this group are asymmetric substituded porphyrins, with n-nonyl in one of meso-positions.
Н. С. Водзінська, О. Ю. Зінченко, Т. О. Філіпова, Б. М. Галкін, С. В. Водзінський,Ю. В. Ішков 2007, 'AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS FA2 SENSITIVITY ТО THE SYNTHETIC PORPHYRINS ACTION', Mìkrobìologìâ ì Bìotehnologìâhttp://mbt.onu.edu.ua/article/view/104481. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The principal components were identified, undecanone-2 (43.66%), 2-nonanone (16.09%), 2-acetoxy tetradecanone (14.49%), andnonyl cyclopropanecarboxylate (9.22%), respectively.
Desam Nagarjuna Reddy, Abdul Jabbar Al-Rajab 2016, 'Chemical composition, antibacterial and antifungal activities of Ruta graveolens L.volatile oils', Cogent Chemistryhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23312009.2016.1220055. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)