Alkyl Definition

ălkəl
noun
A univalent group, such as ethyl or propyl, having the general formula Cn H2n+1 .
American Heritage
A noncyclic saturated hydrocarbon radical with the general formula CnH2n+1
Webster's New World

(organic chemistry) Any of a series of univalent radicals of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • alkyl group
  • alkyl radical

Other Word Forms of Alkyl

Noun

Singular:
alkyl
Plural:
alkyls

Origin of Alkyl

  • German Alkohol alcohol (from Medieval Latin alcohol antimony alcohol) –yl

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Alkyl Sentence Examples

  • If alkyl or aryl-ortho-diamines be used azonium bases are obtained.

  • They add on alkyl iodides readily, forming alkyl azonium salts.

  • The hydrogen of the hydroxyl group in phenol can be replaced by metals, by alkyl groups and by acid radicals.

  • The alkyl derivatives may be obtained by heating phenol with one molecular proportion of a caustic alkali and of an alkyl iodide.

  • Alkyl compounds of germanium such as germanium tetra-ethyl, Ge(C2H5)4, a liquid boiling at C., have been obtained.

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Words Starting With

AALALK

Words Ending With

LYLKYL

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alkyl

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