alkyl

How to use alkyl in a sentence

• On a hunch I dropped in an aluminum alkyl, and then pushed the polymerization along with both ultraviolet and heat.

  The Professional Approach | Charles Leonard Harness

• The influence of position of an alkyl in the aromatic bodies is well shown in ortho-, para- and meta-derivatives.

  Poisons: Their Effects and Detection | Alexander Wynter Blyth

• Hydrogen may be substituted in these chains by alkyl or aromatic groups.

  Animal Proteins | Hugh Garner Bennett

• We may also notice that thio-ethers combine with alkyl iodides to form sulphine or sulphonium compounds, R3SI.

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 | Various

• The potassium salt reacts with the alkyl iodides to give N-substituted alkyl derivatives.

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 | Various