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Methyl group

Index Methyl group

In organic chemistry, a methyl group is an alkyl derived from methane, containing one carbon atom bonded to three hydrogen atoms, having chemical formula (whereas normal methane has the formula). In formulas, the group is often abbreviated as Me. [1]

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  1. 81 relations: Acetic acid, Acetone, Acid, Aldehyde, Alkali metal, Alkane, Alkyl group, Allyl group, Ancient Greek, Back-formation, Benzoic acid, Benzyl chloride, Benzyl group, Biochemistry, Biosynthesis, Carbanion, Carbon, Carbon dioxide, Carboxylic acid, Chemical bond, Chemical formula, Chirality, Chloromethane, Deuterium, Diethynylbenzene dianion, Dimerization (chemistry), Dimethyl sulfate, Epigenetics, Ethane, Eugène-Melchior Péligot, Fatty acid, Grignard reagent, Halogenation, Hydrocarbon, Hydrogen, Hydroxymethyl group, Iodomethane, Ion, IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry, Jean-Baptiste Dumas, Joule, Ketene, Lithium monoxide anion, Mashable, Methane, Methanogenesis, Methanol, Methyl trifluoromethanesulfonate, Methylation, Methylcobalamin, ... Expand index (31 more) »

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Acetic acid

Acetic acid, systematically named ethanoic acid, is an acidic, colourless liquid and organic compound with the chemical formula (also written as,, or). Vinegar is at least 4% acetic acid by volume, making acetic acid the main component of vinegar apart from water.

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Acetone

Acetone (2-propanone or dimethyl ketone) is an organic compound with the formula.

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Acid

An acid is a molecule or ion capable of either donating a proton (i.e. hydrogen ion, H+), known as a Brønsted–Lowry acid, or forming a covalent bond with an electron pair, known as a Lewis acid.

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Aldehyde

In organic chemistry, an aldehyde is an organic compound containing a functional group with the structure. Methyl group and aldehyde are functional groups.

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Alkali metal

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Alkane

In organic chemistry, an alkane, or paraffin (a historical trivial name that also has other meanings), is an acyclic saturated hydrocarbon.

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Alkyl group

In organic chemistry, an alkyl group is an alkane missing one hydrogen. Methyl group and alkyl group are alkyl groups.

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Allyl group

In organic chemistry, an allyl group is a substituent with the structural formula.

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Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC.

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Back-formation

In etymology, back-formation is the process or result of creating a new word via inflection, typically by removing or substituting actual or supposed affixes from a lexical item, in a way that expands the number of lexemes associated with the corresponding root word.

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Benzoic acid

Benzoic acid is a white (or colorless) solid organic compound with the formula, whose structure consists of a benzene ring with a carboxyl substituent.

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Benzyl chloride

Benzyl chloride, or α-chlorotoluene, is an organic compound with the formula C6H5CH2Cl.

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Benzyl group

In organic chemistry, benzyl is the substituent or molecular fragment possessing the structure.

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Biochemistry

Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms.

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Biosynthesis

Biosynthesis, i.e., chemical synthesis occuring in biological contexts, is a term most often referring to multi-step, enzyme-catalyzed processes where chemical substances absorbed as nutrients (or previously converted through biosynthesis) serve as enzyme substrates, with conversion by the living organism either into simpler or more complex products.

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Carbanion

In organic chemistry, a carbanion is an anion in which carbon is negatively charged.

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Carbon

Carbon is a chemical element; it has symbol C and atomic number 6.

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Carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.

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Carboxylic acid

In organic chemistry, a carboxylic acid is an organic acid that contains a carboxyl group attached to an R-group. Methyl group and carboxylic acid are functional groups.

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Chemical bond

A chemical bond is the association of atoms or ions to form molecules, crystals, and other structures.

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Chemical formula

A chemical formula is a way of presenting information about the chemical proportions of atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound or molecule, using chemical element symbols, numbers, and sometimes also other symbols, such as parentheses, dashes, brackets, commas and plus (+) and minus (−) signs.

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Chirality

Chirality is a property of asymmetry important in several branches of science.

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Chloromethane

Chloromethane, also called methyl chloride, Refrigerant-40, R-40 or HCC 40, is an organic compound with the chemical formula.

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Deuterium

Deuterium (hydrogen-2, symbol H or D, also known as heavy hydrogen) is one of two stable isotopes of hydrogen (the other is protium, or hydrogen-1).

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Diethynylbenzene dianion

In organic chemistry, a diethynylbenzene dianion is an anion consisting of two ethynyl anions as substituents on a benzene ring.

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Dimerization (chemistry)

In chemistry, dimerization is the process of joining two identical or similar molecular entities by bonds.

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Dimethyl sulfate

Dimethyl sulfate (DMS) is a chemical compound with formula (CH3O)2SO2.

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Epigenetics

In biology, epigenetics is the study of heritable traits, or a stable change of cell function, that happen without changes to the DNA sequence.

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Ethane

Ethane is a naturally occurring organic chemical compound with chemical formula.

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Eugène-Melchior Péligot

Eugène-Melchior Péligot (24 March 1811 – 15 April 1890), also known as Eugène Péligot, was a French chemist who isolated the first sample of uranium metal in 1841.

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Fatty acid

In chemistry, particularly in biochemistry, a fatty acid is a carboxylic acid with an aliphatic chain, which is either saturated or unsaturated.

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Grignard reagent

Grignard reagents or Grignard compounds are chemical compounds with the general formula, where X is a halogen and R is an organic group, normally an alkyl or aryl.

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Halogenation

In chemistry, halogenation is a chemical reaction which introduces one or more halogens into a chemical compound.

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Hydrocarbon

In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon.

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Hydrogen

Hydrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol H and atomic number 1.

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Hydroxymethyl group

The hydroxymethyl group is a substituent with the structural formula. Methyl group and hydroxymethyl group are functional groups.

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Iodomethane

Iodomethane, also called methyl iodide, and commonly abbreviated "MeI", is the chemical compound with the formula CH3I.

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Ion

An ion is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge.

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IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry

In chemical nomenclature, the IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry is a method of naming organic chemical compounds as recommended by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).

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Jean-Baptiste Dumas

Jean Baptiste André Dumas (14 July 180010 April 1884) was a French chemist, best known for his works on organic analysis and synthesis, as well as the determination of atomic weights (relative atomic masses) and molecular weights by measuring vapor densities.

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Joule

The joule (pronounced, or; symbol: J) is the unit of energy in the International System of Units (SI).

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Ketene

In organic chemistry, a ketene is an organic compound of the form, where R and R' are two arbitrary monovalent chemical groups (or two separate substitution sites in the same molecule). Methyl group and ketene are functional groups.

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Lithium monoxide anion

Lithium monoxide anion is a superbase existing in the gas phase.

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Mashable

Mashable is a news website, digital media platform and entertainment company founded by Pete Cashmore in 2004.

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Methane

Methane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula (one carbon atom bonded to four hydrogen atoms).

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Methanogenesis

Methanogenesis or biomethanation is the formation of methane coupled to energy conservation by microbes known as methanogens.

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Methanol

Methanol (also called methyl alcohol and wood spirit, amongst other names) is an organic chemical compound and the simplest aliphatic alcohol, with the chemical formula (a methyl group linked to a hydroxyl group, often abbreviated as MeOH).

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Methyl trifluoromethanesulfonate

Methyl trifluoromethanesulfonate, also commonly called methyl triflate and abbreviated MeOTf, is the organic compound with the formula.

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Methylation

Methylation, in the chemical sciences, is the addition of a methyl group on a substrate, or the substitution of an atom (or group) by a methyl group.

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Methylcobalamin

Methylcobalamin (mecobalamin, MeCbl, or MeB) is a cobalamin, a form of 12.

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Methylene

Methylene may refer to.

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Methyllithium

Methyllithium is the simplest organolithium reagent, with the empirical formula CH3Li.

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Mole (unit)

The mole (symbol mol) is a unit of measurement, the base unit in the International System of Units (SI) for amount of substance, a quantity proportional to the number of elementary entities of a substance.

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Molecule

A molecule is a group of two or more atoms held together by attractive forces known as chemical bonds; depending on context, the term may or may not include ions which satisfy this criterion.

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Monohalomethane

The monohalomethanes are organic compounds in which a hydrogen atom in methane is replaced by a halogen.

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Nature (journal)

Nature is a British weekly scientific journal founded and based in London, England.

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Nucleophile

In chemistry, a nucleophile is a chemical species that forms bonds by donating an electron pair.

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Organic chemistry

Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, and reactions of organic compounds and organic materials, i.e., matter in its various forms that contain carbon atoms.

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Organic compound

Some chemical authorities define an organic compound as a chemical compound that contains a carbon–hydrogen or carbon–carbon bond; others consider an organic compound to be any chemical compound that contains carbon.

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Organic synthesis

Organic synthesis is a branch of chemical synthesis concerned with the construction of organic compounds.

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Outer space

Outer space (or simply space) is the expanse that exists beyond Earth's atmosphere and between celestial bodies.

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Permanganate

A permanganate is a chemical compound with the manganate(VII) ion,, the conjugate base of permanganic acid.

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Phase (matter)

In the physical sciences, a phase is a region of material that is chemically uniform, physically distinct, and (often) mechanically separable.

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Photochemistry

Photochemistry is the branch of chemistry concerned with the chemical effects of light.

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Proton

A proton is a stable subatomic particle, symbol, H+, or 1H+ with a positive electric charge of +1 e (elementary charge).

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Protonation

In chemistry, protonation (or hydronation) is the adding of a proton (or hydron, or hydrogen cation), usually denoted by H+, to an atom, molecule, or ion, forming a conjugate acid.

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Quasielastic neutron scattering

Quasielastic neutron scattering (QENS) designates a limiting case of inelastic neutron scattering, characterized by energy transfers being small compared to the incident energy of the scattered particles.

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Radical (chemistry)

In chemistry, a radical, also known as a free radical, is an atom, molecule, or ion that has at least one unpaired valence electron.

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Radical SAM enzymes

Radical SAM enzymes belong to a superfamily of enzymes that use an iron-sulfur cluster (4Fe-4S) to reductively cleave ''S''-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) to generate a radical, usually a 5′-deoxyadenosyl radical (5'-dAdo), as a critical intermediate.

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Reagent

In chemistry, a reagent or analytical reagent is a substance or compound added to a system to cause a chemical reaction, or test if one occurs.

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Redox

Redox (reduction–oxidation or oxidation–reduction) is a type of chemical reaction in which the oxidation states of the reactants change.

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S-Adenosyl methionine

S-Adenosyl methionine (SAM), also known under the commercial names of SAMe, SAM-e, or AdoMet, is a common cosubstrate involved in methyl group transfers, transsulfuration, and aminopropylation.

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Standard enthalpy of reaction

The standard enthalpy of reaction (denoted \Delta H_^\ominus) for a chemical reaction is the difference between total product and total reactant molar enthalpies, calculated for substances in their standard states.

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Stereochemistry

Stereochemistry, a subdiscipline of chemistry, involves the study of the relative spatial arrangement of atoms that form the structure of molecules and their manipulation.

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Substituent

In organic chemistry, a substituent is one or a group of atoms that replaces (one or more) atoms, thereby becoming a moiety in the resultant (new) molecule.

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Superbase

A superbase is a compound that has a particularly high affinity for protons.

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Toluene

Toluene, also known as toluol, is a substituted aromatic hydrocarbon with the chemical formula, often abbreviated as, where Ph stands for phenyl group.

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Torr

The torr (symbol: Torr) is a unit of pressure based on an absolute scale, defined as exactly of a standard atmosphere (101325 Pa).

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Triflate

In organic chemistry, triflate (systematic name: trifluoromethanesulfonate), is a functional group with the formula and structure.

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Tritium

Tritium or hydrogen-3 (symbol T or H) is a rare and radioactive isotope of hydrogen with half-life ~12.3 years.

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Valence electron

In chemistry and physics, valence electrons are electrons in the outermost shell of an atom, and that can participate in the formation of a chemical bond if the outermost shell is not closed.

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See also

Alkyl groups

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methyl_group

Also known as Carbanylium, Carbinyl, Carbon cation, Chiral methyl, Methyl, Methyl anion, Methyl end, Methyl group rotation, Methyl groups, Methyl ion, Methyl monocation, Methyl vanillate, Methylester, Methylium cation.

, Methylene, Methyllithium, Mole (unit), Molecule, Monohalomethane, Nature (journal), Nucleophile, Organic chemistry, Organic compound, Organic synthesis, Outer space, Permanganate, Phase (matter), Photochemistry, Proton, Protonation, Quasielastic neutron scattering, Radical (chemistry), Radical SAM enzymes, Reagent, Redox, S-Adenosyl methionine, Standard enthalpy of reaction, Stereochemistry, Substituent, Superbase, Toluene, Torr, Triflate, Tritium, Valence electron.