In an organic compound, an aryl group is a functional group that derives from an aromatic hydrocarbon or arene by replacing a hydrogen on the aromatic ring. Each type of substituent has a specific name defined by the IUPAC nomenclature, such as phenyl for the benzene-derived functional group. The term aryl is a generic term used to refer generally to an aromatic substituent.

Several groups belong to the aryl family: Various aryl groups: phenyl, o-tolyl, o-xylyl, naphthyl (from left to right) change the code Related articlechange code

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