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The Alkyl Group definitions

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  • Alkyl Group
    A group formed by removing a hydrogen from an alkane, changing the suffix from -ane to -yl.
  • Methane
    A saturated hydrocarbon with the formula CH4, consisting of one carbon atom bonded to four hydrogen atoms.
  • Methyl
    A group derived from methane by removing one hydrogen, represented as CH3.
  • Methylene
    A group represented as CH2, where the carbon is bonded to two hydrogens and two other atoms or groups.
  • Methyne
    A group represented as CH, where the carbon is bonded to three other atoms or groups.
  • Ethyl
    A group derived from ethane by removing one hydrogen, represented as C2H5.
  • Propyl
    A group derived from propane by removing one hydrogen from an end carbon, represented as C3H7.
  • Isopropyl
    A group derived from propane by removing one hydrogen from the middle carbon, represented as (CH3)2CH.
  • Butyl
    A group derived from butane by removing one hydrogen from an end carbon, represented as C4H9.
  • Sec-butyl
    A group derived from butane by removing one hydrogen from a secondary carbon, represented as CH3CH(CH3)CH2.
  • Isobutyl
    A group derived from isobutane by removing one hydrogen from an end carbon, represented as (CH3)2CHCH2.
  • Tert-butyl
    A group derived from isobutane by removing one hydrogen from a tertiary carbon, represented as (CH3)3C.
  • Primary Carbon
    A carbon atom bonded to only one other carbon atom.
  • Secondary Carbon
    A carbon atom bonded to two other carbon atoms.
  • Tertiary Carbon
    A carbon atom bonded to three other carbon atoms.