ethyl group

American  

noun

Chemistry.

1. the univalent group, C 2 H 5 –, derived from ethane.

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Example Sentences

Particularly fugitive are the eosins, and yet some of these, by a slight modification of constitution, e.g., the introduction of an ethyl group, as in ethyl-eosin, are rendered distinctly faster.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 by Various

Ethyl has not been isolated, as it immediately combines with another ethyl group forming diethyl or butane, C2H5—C2H5.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

Eth�ylamine, C2H5NH2, an organic base formed by the substitution of 1 atom of hydrogen in ammonia by ethyl group.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various