Definition of Ethyl radical

1. Noun. The univalent hydrocarbon radical C2H5 derived from ethane by the removal of one hydrogen atom.

Exact synonyms: Ethyl, Ethyl Group
Generic synonyms: Alkyl, Alkyl Group, Alkyl Radical

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ethyl Radical

ethyl aminobenzoate
ethyl biscoumacetate
ethyl bromide
ethyl carbamate
ethyl chloride
ethyl eosin
ethyl ether
ethyl green
ethyl group
ethyl iodide
ethyl loflazepate
ethyl mercaptan
ethyl mercury
ethyl methanesulfonate
ethyl oxide
ethyl radical (current term)
ethyl salicylate
ethylacetate
ethylamine
ethylaniline
ethylate
ethylated
ethylates
ethylating
ethylation
ethylations
ethylbenzene
ethylbenzenehydroperoxide
ethylbenzenes
ethylbenzoylecgonine

Literary usage of Ethyl radical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Organic Chemistry for Advanced Students by Julius Berend Cohen (1918)
"... contained no ethyl radical, without having recourse to the ... replaced the older ethyl radical which continued to be used by the German chemists, ..."

2. Experimental Organic Chemistry by Augustus Price West (1920)
"... contains two methyl radicals and one ethyl radical. Radicals such as methyl, ethyl, propyl, and isopropyl are called alkyl radicals. ..."

3. General Chemistry by Hamilton Perkins Cady (1916)
"For example, the ethyl radical will combine with sodium to form sodium ethyl, ... which is ethane, and this in turn will yield the ethyl radical, C2H6, ..."

4. Collected Studies on Immunity by Paul Ehrlich (1906)
"The influence of the ethyl radical is furthermore clearly shown in another series of combinations. In an artificial sweetening substance, ..."

5. Inorganic Chemistry by Hamilton Perkins Cady (1912)
"Ethane, C2H,, forms the ethyl radical, C2HS, propane, C2H,, ... For example, the ethyl radical will combine with sodium for the formation of sodium ethyl, ..."

6. Elementary Chemistry by Hollis Godfrey (1909)
"The ethyl radical. — Sulphuric or ethyl ether is an oxide of the ethyl radical (C2H5). This radical, as we have already seen, contains two carbon and five ..."

7. The Manufacture of Pulp and Paper: A Textbook of Modern Pulp and Paper Mill by J. Newell Stephenson (1921)
"In the equation above given, substituting the ethyl radical, C2H6, for the hydrogen in the carboxyl radical in acetic acid gives CH ..."

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