alkyl group

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noun

Chemistry.

1. any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula C n H 2n+1 , derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons, as the methyl group, CH 3 −, or ethyl group, C 2 H 5 −.

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The name of an alkyl group is obtained by dropping the suffix -ane of the alkane name and adding -yl:

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The location of an alkyl group on a hydrocarbon chain is indicated in the same way as any other substituent:

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Write the structures for all the isomers of the –C5H11 alkyl group.

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Some hydrocarbons can form more than one type of alkyl group when the hydrogen atoms that would be removed have different “environments” in the molecule.

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Similarly, the acid H atom of either an organic or an inorganic acid may be replaced by the alkyl group of an alcohol, producing "ethereal salts," or "esters."

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher