benzil

English

Noun

benzil (countable and uncountable, plural benzils)

  1. (organic chemistry) The organic compound 1,2-diphenyl-1,2-ethanedione, a diketone used as an intermediate in organic synthesis and as a photoinitiator for free-radical curing of polymer networks.

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