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34: 174: 318: : 1–39.) In reporting on Liebig's findings (and related work by others), Berzelius coined the names "methyl" and "ethyl" for the "radicals" CH 120: 146:
is the formation of a compound by introduction of the ethyl group. The most widely practiced example of this reaction is the ethylation of
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constituted a "radical" (a cluster of atoms that did not undergo changes during chemical reactions). (See: Justus Liebig (1834)
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is such a reagent. For good nucleophiles, less electrophilic reagents are employed, such as ethyl
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transliterated "ethyl" as "Aethyl". (See: Jöns Jacob Berzelius with Friedrich Wöhler, trans.,
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In unsymmetrical ethylated compounds, the methylene protons in the ethyl substituent are
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Welch, Vincent A.; Fallon, Kevin J.; Gelbke, Heinz-Peter (2005). "Ethylbenzene".
1300: 1295: 1171: 1166: 1161: 954: 921: 705: 687: 677: 390:, … ) In his translation into German of Berzelius' report, the German chemist 211: 1374: 1320: 1268: 1199: 1085: 1075: 1070: 1060: 1055: 1005: 1000: 916: 911: 901: 755: 710: 672: 660: 631: 509: 183: 56: 214:. Chiral reagents are known to stereoselectively modify such substituents. 1251: 1138: 1133: 1110: 861: 700: 626: 563: 558: 536: 492: 477: 467: 155: 17: 166:. Approximately 24.7 million tons of ethylbenzene were produced in 1999. 1310: 1263: 1224: 1105: 993: 978: 973: 961: 526: 521: 487: 482: 450: 187: 163: 83: 52: 135:" is used to indicate the presence of two carbon atoms in the molecule. 1219: 1210: 1090: 1045: 941: 906: 896: 836: 772: 695: 643: 1186: 1100: 1065: 1050: 1038: 881: 856: 665: 366:(One may then give names to ether radicals; one can call the older C 411: 1194: 1148: 1115: 811: 717: 591: 546: 531: 151: 340:"Man får då ge namn åt etherradikalerna; man kan kalla den äldre C 33: 1156: 1080: 931: 926: 891: 876: 871: 841: 824: 648: 575: 541: 396:
Jahresbericht über die Fortschritte der physischen Wissenschaften
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From Jacob Berzelius, 1373: 43:) as part of a molecule, as the ethyl 441: 415: 13: 205: 14: 1397: 192:Triethyloxonium tetrafluoroborate 131:in a molecule, while the prefix " 125:nomenclature of organic chemistry 172: 288: 255: 186:ethylation, i.e. treatment of 1: 272:10.1002/14356007.a10_035.pub2 249: 138: 294:In 1834, the German chemist 217: 7: 298:had argued that the group C 237: 127:for a saturated two-carbon 10: 1402: 162:, which is a precursor to 25: 15: 1329: 1288: 1208: 1185: 1147: 1124: 1019: 940: 810: 787: 743: 686: 609: 584: 449: 37:Ethyl group (highlighted 23:Chemical group (–CH₂–CH₃) 16:Not to be confused with 1340:chemical classification 47:, and in the compounds 64: 28:Ethyl (disambiguation) 1347:chemical nomenclature 312:Annalen der Pharmacie 190:with sources of Et. 36: 232:Jöns Jacob Berzelius 26:For other uses, see 803:not C, H or O) 1245:Hypervalent iodine 65: 61:ethyl methyl ether 1368: 1367: 1306:Sulfenyl chloride 1284: 1283: 783: 782: 602:(only C, H and O) 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790:element, 788:Only one 761:Anhydride 500:Methylene 402: : 218:Etymology 154:to yield 86:with the 1334:See also 1269:Chloride 1195:Tellurol 1149:Selenium 1116:Xanthate 830:Ammonium 812:Nitrogen 794:carbon, 751:Carboxyl 718:Aldehyde 706:Acryloyl 688:carbonyl 592:hydrogen 547:Cumulene 238:See also 152:ethylene 79:) is an 1358:organic 1157:Selenol 1081:Sulfone 1034:Sulfide 932:NONOate 927:Nitroso 917:Nitrite 912:Nitrate 902:Cyanate 892:Nitrile 877:Amidine 872:Imidate 842:Nitrene 837:Hydrazo 825:Enamine 756:Acetoxy 744:carboxy 711:Benzoyl 649:Epoxide 632:Methoxy 622:Alcohol 576:Carbene 510:Methine 200:halides 160:styrene 148:benzene 88:formula 75:(abbr. 49:ethanol 45:radical 1257:Iodide 1177:Selone 1021:Sulfur 730:Ketone 723:Ketene 701:Acetyl 656:Peroxy 627:Alkoxy 617:Acetal 598:oxygen 587:carbon 571:Alkyne 564:Benzyl 559:Phenyl 542:Allene 537:Crotyl 517:Alkene 505:Bridge 493:Pentyl 478:Propyl 468:Methyl 388:methyl 362:methyl 336:p. 376 278:  224:Aether 129:moiety 102:ethane 59:, and 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Index

Methyl group
Ethyl (disambiguation)

radical
ethanol
bromoethane
ethyl acetate
ethyl methyl ether
organic chemistry
alkyl
substituent
formula
ethane
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
nomenclature of organic chemistry
moiety
benzene
ethylene
ethylbenzene
styrene
polystyrene

electrophilic
nucleophiles
Triethyloxonium tetrafluoroborate
halides
diastereotopic
Aether
hyle
Jöns Jacob Berzelius

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