alkyl

See also: Alkyl

English

Etymology

From alc(ohol) +‎ -yl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈælkaɪl/, /ˈælkɪl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

alkyl (plural alkyls)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of a series of univalent radicals of the general formula C_nH_2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons. In other words, an alkane minus one hydrogen atom.

Derived terms

• alkylamine
• alkylamino
• alkylammonium
• alkylarene
• alkylate
• alkylation
• alkylbenzene
• alkylbenzoic
• alkylborane
• alkyl chloride
• alkylglycerol
• alkylglycine
• alkylguanine
• alkyl halide
• alkylic
• alkyllysinase
• alkylmercury
• alkylmetal
• alkylnitrate
• alkyl nitrite
• alkyloxonium
• alkylphenol
• alkyl phosphate
• alkylphosphine
• alkylpurine
• alkylresorcinol
• alkylsilane
• alkylstibine
• alkylsulfanyl
• alkyltransferase
• alkylurea
• alkylzinc
• alkyne
• aminoalkyl
• aralkyl
• arylalkylamine
• benzalkonium
• carboxyalkyl
• chloroalkyl
• cyanoalkyl
• cycloalkyl
• dialkyl
• dialkylamine
• dialkylsilylene
• fluoroalkyl
• haloalkyl
• heteroalkyl
• hydroxyalkyl
• iodoalkyl
• mercaptoalkyl
• metalloalkyl
• monoalkyl
• oxoalkyl
• perfluoroalkyl
• tetraalkylammonium
• thioalkyl
• trialkyl

 

Related terms

• alkane
• alkenyl
• alkynyl

 

Translations

univalent radical of the general formula C_nH_2n+1

• Catalan: alquil (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烷基 (zh) (wánjī)

• Danish: alkyl c
• Finnish: alkyyli (fi)
• French: alkyle (fr) m
• German: Alkyl n
• Hungarian: alkil (hu), alkilcsoport, alkilgyök
• Indonesian: alkil (id)
• Irish: ailcil f
• Italian: alchile (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: alkyl (no) n

  Nynorsk: alkyl n

• Polish: alkil m
• Portuguese: alquila (pt) f
• Russian: алки́л (ru) m (alkíl)
• Spanish: alquilo (es) m
• Swedish: alkyl c

See also

• -yl
• aryl
• methyl
• ethyl
• propyl
• butyl
• amyl
• pentyl
• hexyl
• heptyl
• octyl
• nonyl
• decyl
• ​​and so on

Anagrams

• Kayll

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑlˈkil/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: al‧kyl
• Rhymes: -il

Noun

alkyl m (plural alkylen, diminutive alkyltje n)

1. (organic chemistry) alkyl

Related terms

• -yl
• alkaan
• alkeen
• alkyn

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From alkan +‎ -yl.

Noun

alkyl n (definite singular alkylet, indefinite plural alkyl or alkyler, definite plural alkyla or alkylene)

1. (organic chemistry) alkyl

References

• “alkyl” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “alkyl” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From alkan +‎ -yl.

Noun

alkyl n (definite singular alkylet, indefinite plural alkyl, definite plural alkyla)

1. (organic chemistry) alkyl

References

• “alkyl” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

alkyl c

1. (organic chemistry) alkyl

Declension

Declension of alkyl

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	alkyl	alkyls
	definite	alkylen	alkylens
plural	indefinite	alkyler	alkylers
	definite	alkylerna	alkylernas