fenoksiryhmä
Fenoksiryhmä refers to a phenoxy group, which is a functional group in organic chemistry with the structure R-O-C₆H₅, where R is an organic substituent and C₆H₅ represents a phenyl ring. It is an ether linkage where an oxygen atom is bonded to a phenyl group. The name itself is derived from "fenoksi" meaning phenoxy in Finnish.
This group is commonly encountered in a variety of organic compounds. For example, anisole, also known as
The phenoxy group is relatively stable due to the resonance between the oxygen atom's lone pairs and