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Definition of Alkyl group
1. Noun. Any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons.
Generic synonyms: Chemical Group, Group, Radical
Specialized synonyms: Ethyl, Ethyl Group, Ethyl Radical, Methyl, Methyl Group, Methyl Radical
Derivative terms: Alkylic
Medical Definition of Alkyl group
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Alkyl Group
Literary usage of Alkyl group
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of organic chemistry by Arnold Frederick Holleman (1908)
"11 > O >C=NOH and >C 0 + 1! li The oximes contain one hydrogen atom replaceable
by an alkyl- group. When such ¡in alkyl-oxime is boiled with hydrochloric ..."
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"... attack at the double bond predominates, but as the size of the alkyl group
becomes larger an increasing amount of attack along the side chain occurs. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"The introduction of an alkyl- group into the formic acid molecule invariably
produces a retardation in the esterification. The intro- ¡ duction of alkyl- ..."
4. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"Here the alkyl group is exchanged directly for hydrogen without the intermediate
separation of the alkyl halide. The presence of other negative groups in ..."
5. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial ScienceChemistry (1903)
"... into the N-alkyl compound by use of an alkyl iodide, in which the alkyl group
was not identical with the alkyl group of the ¡mino- ether. ..."
6. Electro-chemistry by Robert Alfred Lehfeldt, T. S. Moore (1904)
"We must either assume that no specific effect can be assigned to an alkyl group,
or we must attribute these results to a secondary action. ..."
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