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Alkyl group

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Alkyl group | Chemistry | Alkyl group | Methyl

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alkyl groups in organic chemistry

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Alkyl Groups | Carbon Compound

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Common name of alkyl group|| organic chemistry

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Alkyl group || what is alkyl group|| easy explanation

In organic chemistry, an alkyl group is an alkane missing one hydrogen. The term alkyl is intentionally unspecific to include many possible substitutions. An acyclic alkyl has the general formula of −CnH2n+1. A cycloalkyl group is derived from a cycloalkane by removal of a hydrogen atom from a ring and 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. The smallest alkyl group is methyl, with the formula −CH3.
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