What alkyl group is CH2?

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Truong-Son N.
Nov 26, 2015

A methylene-bridge carbon is often seen within alkyl chains, i.e. as #"R"-"CH"_2-"R"'#.

in which case it is #sp^3#-hybridized. You might also see #"CH"_2# depicted as this:

in which case it is called a methylene group. That is an #sp^2# carbon.

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