pteridinyl

English

Etymology

pteridine +‎ -yl

Noun

pteridinyl (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) The functional group derived from pteridine.

   Synonym: pteridyl

   • 1988, D. J. Brown, The Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused Pyrimidines, page 340:

     Few of the potential displacement or other reactions of pteridinyl sulfoxides and sulfones have been reported but enough are known to confirm the utility of such substituents […]

   • 2016, Russ Hille, Carola Schulzke, Martin L. Kirk, Molybdenum and Tungsten Enzymes: Bioinorganic Chemistry, page 35:

     Simultaneously, Stiefel and taylor were exploiting this methodology of cyclo-addition of quinoxalyl and pteridinyl acetylenes with a Mo-(S₄) reagent 22 to generate mono-dithiolene complexes of molybdenum(IV) (Scheme 2.22).