ALKYL GROUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alkyl group mean? 

• ALKYL GROUP (noun)
  The noun ALKYL GROUP has 1 sense:

1. any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons

  Familiarity information: ALKYL GROUP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALKYL GROUP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

alkyl; alkyl group; alkyl radical

Hypernyms ("alkyl group" is a kind of...):

chemical group; group; radical ((chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "alkyl group"):

ethyl; ethyl group; ethyl radical (the univalent hydrocarbon radical C2H5 derived from ethane by the removal of one hydrogen atom)

methyl; methyl group; methyl radical (the univalent radical CH3- derived from methane)

 Context examples 

Natural products containing carbon-phosphorous bonds, so-called C-P compounds, are derivatives of phosphonate and phosphinate with substitution of alkyl group for hydrogen of phosphorus-hydrogen bonds.

(Aminophosphonate Metabolism Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)