Carbanions,
carbenium ions or
radicals, derived formally by
detachment of one
hydron,
hydride or hydrogen, respectively, from the
CH3
group of toluene or substitution derivatives thereof, e.g.
C6H5CH2.,
benzyl radical.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1322