Alkyl Group

Alkyl Group

• Alkanes are  saturated hydrocarbon having only single bonds between the carbon atoms
• An Alkyl group is an alkane missing one hydrogen atom. These alkyl groups can be seen as branches in the hydrocarbon structures

Examples : 

Methyl Group (-CH ₃ )

• We know that Methane (CH ₄ ) is an alkane .
• It has 4 hydrogen atoms.
• If we remove one hydrogen atom, we get CH ₃
• This -CH ₃ is called Methyl Group

Ethyl Group (C ₂ H _{5 ^-} )

• We know that Ethane ( C ₂ H ₆ ) is an alkane.
• It has 6 hydrogen atoms.
• If we remove one hydrogen atom, we get -C ₂ H ₅ .
• This -C ₂ H ₅ is called Ethyl Group.