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Certain hydrocarbon
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alkyl
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In organic chemistry , an alkyl substituent is an alkane missing one hydrogen . The term alkyl is intentionally unspecific to include many possible substitutions. An acyclic alkyl has the general formula CH. A cycloalkyl is derived from a cycloalkane by ...
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n. (context organic chemistry English) Any of a series of univalent radicals of the general formula C n H 2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons.
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A giant sheet of folded polysaccharide, a complex mesh of interlinked pentose and hexose sugars hung with alkyl and amide side chains.
What is the name of the class of organic compounds with the general formula R-OH, where R represents an alkyl group made up of carbon and hydrogen, and OH represents one or more Hydroxyl groups?