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How to pronounce alkyl in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms alkyl group, alkyl radical
Type of radical, group, chemical group
Has types ethyl radical, methyl radical, methyl, methyl group, ethyl, ethyl group
Derivation alkylic

Examples of alkyl

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At the other end of the alkyl chain is an amidine group which also binds to oils.
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Waxes are organic compounds that characteristically consist of long alkyl chains.
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Aniline combines directly with alkyl iodides to form secondary and tertiary amines.
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In a related reaction, alkyl halides undergo nucleophilic displacement by phenoxides.
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However, phenols can be used to replace the alcohol, while maintaining the alkyl halide.
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Hydrogen bromide can also be used to convert alcohols to alkyl bromides.
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Ethyl and methyl mercury are both short chain alkyl mercury compounds.
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They comprise a mixture of diterpinoid resins and n-alkyl compounds.
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The interdigitation of alkyl groups along the axis of a molecule would make such an operation impossible.
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More examples
  • Any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons
  • In chemistry, an alkyl group is an alkane missing one hydrogen. It has the general formula CnH2n+1. Typically an alkyl is a part of a larger molecule. In structural formulae, the symbol R is used to designate a generic (unspecified) alkyl group. ...
  • Alcoyle [ general name for monovalent hydrocarbon radicals ]
  • A molecular fragment derived from an alkane by dropping a hydrogen atom from the formula. Examples are methyl (CH3) and ethyl (CH2CH3).