ethyl group
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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
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