Definitions for alkyls

alkyls al·kyl

Spelling: [al-kuh l]
IPA: /ˈæl kəl/

Alkyls is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 55 anagrams from letters in alkyls (akllsy).

Definitions for alkyls

noun

  1. an alkyl group.

adjective

  1. containing an alkyl group.

Origin of alkyls

1880-85; German, equivalent to Alk(ohol) alcohol + -yl -yl

Examples for alkyls

We may also notice that thio-ethers combine with alkyl iodides to form sulphine or sulphonium compounds, R3SI.

The potassium salt reacts with the alkyl iodides to give N-substituted alkyl derivatives.

The influence of position of an alkyl in the aromatic bodies is well shown in ortho-, para- and meta-derivatives.

For instance, an alkyl may be substituted for the hydroxyl hydrogen in an alcohol molecule, when an ether results.

By heating with phosphorus pentachloride an alkyl group is eliminated and a chlorcarbonic ester formed.

The glyoxalines are basic in character, and the imide hydrogen is replaceable by metals and alkyl groups.

The alkyl derivatives may be obtained by heating phenol with one molecular proportion of a caustic alkali and of an alkyl iodide.

All the salts are explosive and readily interact with the alkyl iodides.

The hydrogen of the hydroxyl group in phenol can be replaced by metals, by alkyl groups and by acid radicals.

Hydrogen may be substituted in these chains by alkyl or aromatic groups.

Word Value for alkyls
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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