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Alkane (Alkyl substituent)
GENERAL FORMULA Suffix Substituent group suffix |
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Definition
A saturated hydrocarbon in which the carbon atom arrangement is acyclic. CnH2n+2 -ane Alkyl group/ -yl (-CH3) methyl, (-CH2-CH3) ethyl |
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Alkene (Alkenyl substituent) GENERAL FORMULA Suffix Substituent group suffix |
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An acyclic unsaturated hydrocrbon that contains one or more carbon-carbon double bonds. CnH2n -ene Alkenyl group -yl |
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Alkyne GENERAL FORMULA SUFFIX |
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An acyclic unsaturated hydrocarbon that contains one or more carbon-carbon triple bonds. CnH2n-2 -yne |
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Isopropyl group [image][image] |
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Definition
A substituent form of propane; an isomer of -propyl; bonding of the -R group occurs at the (2°) carbon. [image][image] |
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