Alkyl in a sentence

Organogermanes of the type R 4 Ge (where R is an alkyl ) such as tetramethylgermane ( Ge(CHmain )main ) and tetraethylgermane are accessed through the cheapest available germanium precursor germanium tetrachloride and alkyl nucleophiles.

Additionally, the refinery will produce base oil, used in engine oil, and linear alkyl benzene, a raw material for detergents, making Africa self-sufficient in these essential commodities.

The proposal would list alkyl nitrites in schedule 9, along with the most serious drugs and effectively criminalize possession and use, the article notes.

A common form is a pair of aromatic benzene rings, with a nonpolar moiety (pentyl, heptyl, octyl, or alkyl oxy group) on one end and polar (nitrile, halogen) on the other.

Alkyl groups can be transferred from one compound to another by transmetalation reactions.

Amines are alkylated by alkyl halides.

An alternative description is that it is an alkyl group with a pendant, terminal sulfate group attached.

A polymer that lacks any regular arrangement in the position of its alkyl substituents (R) is called atactic.

A small number of recreational inhalant drugs are pharmaceutical products that are used illicitly, such as anesthetics (ether and nitrous oxide) and volatile anti- angina drugs ( alkyl nitrites ).

Elimination reactions One of the principal methods for alkene synthesis in the laboratory is the elimination of alkyl halides, alcohols, and similar compounds.

From the Museo del Objeto del Objeto collection Waxes are organic compounds that characteristically consist of long alkyl chains.

However, phenols can be used to replace the alcohol, while maintaining the alkyl halide.

Hydrohalogenation gives the corresponding vinyl halides or alkyl dihalides, again depending on the number of equivalents of HX added.

Many of these analogs have an alkyl group introduced at the C-17 position in order to prevent conjugation and hence improve oral bioavailability.

Other alkyl nitrites were outlawed in the U.S. by Congress through the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988.

Smaller carboxylic acids (1 to 5 carbons) are soluble in water, whereas higher carboxylic acids are less soluble due to the increasing hydrophobic nature of the alkyl chain.

Synthesis of alkyl nitrites is, in general, straightforward and can be accomplished in home laboratories.

The alkyl group is unreactive and the chemical and biological properties are mainly due to the nitrite group.

The common names of ketones are obtained by writing separately the names of the two alkyl groups attached to the carbonyl group, followed by "ketone" as a separate word.

The intermediately-formed stoichiometric mixture of nitrous and nitric oxide then converts the alcohol to the alkyl nitrite, which, due to its low density, will form an upper layer that can be easily decanted from the reaction mixture.