Meaning

(organic chemistry) Forming classification names for classes of organic compounds that contain a carbon skeleton and one or more aromatic rings..

Definitions by Sense

1. (organic chemistry) Forming classification names for classes of organic compounds that contain a carbon skeleton and one or more aromatic rings.
2. (trigonometry) Used to form the names of inverse hyperbolic functions, and the symbols for these functions.
3. Alternative form of ad- (“to, toward”).

Example Sentences

Potassium permanganate oxidizes ac-tetrahydronaphtylamine to o-hydrocinnam-carboxylic acid (p. 245); ar-tetrahydronaphthylamine, however, because of the oxidation of its amided benzene nucleus, is changed to adipic acid together with oxalic acid (B. 22, 767): […]

ar-Tetrahydro-α-carbamidonaphthalene, C₁₁H₁₄ON₂, crystallized in square plates from alc., soften at 198° and melts at about 206° (quickly heated, at 212°).

1-Naphthylamine is reduced by sodium and isopentanol to ar'''-tetrahydro-1-naphthylamine; the prefix ar- is the abbreviation of aromatic and indicates that the four hydrogen atoms are not in the ring containing the amino-group: […]

Synonyms for ar-15

When Should You Use Ar-15?

Use ar-15 when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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