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  2. IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry - Wikipedia

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    For example, the three isomers of xylene CH 3 C 6 H 4 CH 3, commonly the ortho-, meta-, and para-forms, are 1,2-dimethylbenzene, 1,3-dimethylbenzene, and 1,4-dimethylbenzene. The cyclic structures can also be treated as functional groups themselves, in which case they take the prefix "cyclo alkyl -" (e.g. "cyclohexyl-") or for benzene, "phenyl-".

  3. Alkyl group - Wikipedia

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    Thus, the name is 3-methylpentane to avoid ambiguity: The 3- is because the methyl is attached to the third of the five carbon atoms. If there is more than one of the same alkyl group attached to a chain, then the prefixes are used on the alkyl groups to indicate multiples (i.e., di, tri, tetra, etc.)

  4. Methyl group - Wikipedia

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    [15] [16] The term "methyl" was derived in about 1840 by back-formation from "methylene", and was then applied to describe "methyl alcohol" (which since 1892 is called "methanol"). Methyl is the IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry term for an alkane (or alkyl) molecule, using the prefix "meth-" to indicate the presence of a single carbon.

  5. Ethyl group - Wikipedia

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    In organic chemistry, an ethyl group (abbr. Et) is an alkyl substituent with the formula −CH 2 CH 3, derived from ethane (C 2 H 6). Ethyl is used in the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry 's nomenclature of organic chemistry for a saturated two-carbon moiety in a molecule, while the prefix " eth- " is used to indicate the ...

  6. Nitro compound - Wikipedia

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    In the so-called Ter Meer reaction (1876) named after Edmund ter Meer, [14] the reactant is a 1,1-halonitroalkane: The reaction mechanism is proposed in which in the first slow step a proton is abstracted from nitroalkane 1 to a carbanion 2 followed by protonation to an aci-nitro 3 and finally nucleophilic displacement of chlorine based on an ...

  7. 1-Methylimidazole - Wikipedia

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    1-Methylimidazole or N-methylimidazole is an aromatic heterocyclic organic compound with the formula CH 3 C 3 H 3 N 2. It is a colourless liquid that is used as a specialty solvent, a base, and as a precursor to some ionic liquids.

  8. Methenium - Wikipedia

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    In organic chemistry, methenium (also called methylium, carbenium, [2] methyl cation, or protonated methylene) is a cation with the formula CH + 3. It can be viewed as a methylene radical (: CH 2) with an added proton (H +), or as a methyl radical (• CH 3) with one electron removed.

  9. Xylene - Wikipedia

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    Xylene is used in the laboratory to make baths with dry ice to cool reaction vessels, [17] and as a solvent to remove synthetic immersion oil from the microscope objective in light microscopy. [18] In histology, xylene is the most widely used clearing agent. [19] Xylene is used to remove paraffin from dried microscope slides prior to staining.