Definition of Alkyl halide

1. Noun. Organic compound in which halogen atoms have been substituted for hydrogen atoms in an alkane.

Exact synonyms: Haloalkane
Specialized synonyms: Haloform
Generic synonyms: Organic Compound

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alkyl Halide

alkoxyamine
alkoxyamines
alkoxylate
alkoxylates
alkoxylation
alkoxysilane
alkoxysilanes
alky
alkyd
alkyd resin
alkyds
alkyl
alkyl and aryl transferases
alkyl dihydroxyacetone phosphate oxidoreductase
alkyl group
alkyl halide (current term)
alkyl hydroperoxide reductase
alkyl nitrite
alkyl phosphate
alkyl phosphates
alkyl radical
alkylacetylglycerophosphatase
alkylamine
alkylamines
alkylammonium
alkylammoniums
alkylarene
alkylate
alkylated
alkylates

Literary usage of Alkyl halide

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1909)
"(e) A change in the concentration of the salt and the alkyl halide does not appreciably change the ratio of the N-ester to the 0-ester because there is no ..."

2. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1908)
"If acetoacetic ester is heated with a mixture of silver oxide and an alkyl halide, both oxygen and carbon derivatives are formed, but the sodium salt, ..."

3. Organic Chemistry for Advanced Students by Julius Berend Cohen (1918)
"He considers the effect of the ether is to dissociate the alkyl halide by ... is explained in a similar way by the disruption of the alkyl halide K1X from ..."

4. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by Arnold Frederik. Holleman (1920)
"Cl. It is assumed that excess of ammonia is employed; but even when it is otherwise, and in general for every proportion of alkyl halide and ammonia, ..."

5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1915)
"... alkyl halides would be necessary in order to secure definite proof that the alkyl halide reacts with both the anion and the molecule of the electrolyte, ..."

6. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"Interaction of an alkyl halide with Elemental Arsenic. A modification of the first method by which the alkyl halide and arsenic are heated together in a ..."

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