Any organic substituent group, regardless of functional type, having one free valence at a carbon atom. See heterocyclyl groups, hydrocarbyl, organoheteryl. E.g. CH3CH2- , ClCH2- , CH3C(=O)-, 4-pyridylmethyl. Note: organyl is also used in conjunction with other terms, as in organylthio- (e.g. MeS-) and organyloxy.
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