What are alkyl groups...?

1 Answer
Oct 3, 2017

An alkyl group is an hydrocarbyl residue whose formula corresponds to #C_nH_(2n+1)#..........

Explanation:

And thus #"methyl"#, #CH_3#, #"ethyl"#, #CH_2CH_3#, #"propyl"#, #CH_2CH_2CH_3#,....etc. are all pendant alkyl groups.