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1. -ein | -eine, suffix View full entry 1871
...variants of -in and -ine used as suffixes in the names of certain chemical compounds containing anhydrides, esp. phthalic anhydride. In bases the ending is usually -eine...
2. -idine, suffix View full entry 1931
...Used to form the names of many organic compounds containing nitrogen which, with few exceptions (as guanidine), have molecules containing one or more rings; esp. amino derivatives of aromatic...
3. -oyl, suffix View full entry 1931
...Forming names of radicals, spec. acyl radicals, from names of the corresponding carboxylic acids ending in -ic or -oic, as fumaroyl, hexanoyl,...
4. -yl, suffix View full entry 1952
...formerly occas. -ule, a terminal element of chemical terms, German -yl, Greek ὕλη wood, matter, substance (see hyle), used for...
5. -yne, suffix View full entry 1931
...orig. variant of -ine, now used in its own right to denote a triple bond between carbon atoms, as in butyne, propyne...
