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Ethyl

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

in chemistry, the name given to the alkyl radical C 2 H 5. The compounds containing this radical are treated under other headings; the hydride is better known as ethane, the alcohol, C 2 H 5 OH, is the ordinary alcohol of commerce, and the oxide (C 2 H 5) 2 O is ordinary ether.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Ethyl'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​e/ethyl.html. 1910.