ethyl group

American  

noun

Chemistry.

1. the univalent group, C 2 H 5 –, derived from ethane.

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Example Sentences

Ethyl has not been isolated, as it immediately combines with another ethyl group forming diethyl or butane, C2H5—C2H5.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

Particularly fugitive are the eosins, and yet some of these, by a slight modification of constitution, e.g., the introduction of an ethyl group, as in ethyl-eosin, are rendered distinctly faster.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 by Various

Eth�ylamine, C2H5NH2, an organic base formed by the substitution of 1 atom of hydrogen in ammonia by ethyl group.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various