In
organic and
organometallic chemistry
Organometallic chemistry is the study of organometallic compounds, chemical compounds containing at least one chemical bond between a carbon atom of an organic molecule and a metal, including alkali, alkaline earth, and transition metals, and so ...
, an organyl group is an organic
substituent
A substituent is one or a group of atoms that replaces (one or more) atoms, thereby becoming a moiety in the resultant (new) molecule. (In organic chemistry and biochemistry, the terms ''substituent'' and ''functional group'', as well as ''side ...
with one (sometimes more) free valence(-s) at a
carbon atom
Carbon () is a chemical element with the chemical symbol, symbol C and atomic number 6. It is nonmetallic and tetravalence, tetravalent—its atom making four electrons available to form covalent bond, covalent chemical bonds. It belongs to gro ...
.
[.] The term is often used in chemical
patent literature to protect claims over a broad scope.
Examples
* Acetonyl group
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Acyl group (e.g.
acetyl group,
benzoyl group
In organic chemistry, benzoyl (, ) is the functional group with the formula C6H5CO-. It can be viewed as benzaldehyde missing one hydrogen.
The term "benzoyl" should not be confused with benzyl, which has the formula C6H5CH2. The benzoyl grou ...
)
*
Alkyl group
In organic chemistry, an alkyl group is an alkane missing one hydrogen.
The term ''alkyl'' is intentionally unspecific to include many possible substitutions.
An acyclic alkyl has the general formula of . A cycloalkyl is derived from a cycloalk ...
(e.g.,
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 . In formulas, the group is often abbreviated as Me. This hydrocarbon group occurs in ma ...
,
ethyl group)
*
Alkenyl group
In organic chemistry, an alkene is a hydrocarbon containing a carbon–carbon double bond.
Alkene is often used as synonym of olefin, that is, any hydrocarbon containing one or more double bonds.H. Stephen Stoker (2015): General, Organic, an ...
(e.g.,
vinyl group
In organic chemistry, a vinyl group (abbr. Vi; IUPAC name: ethenyl group) is a functional group with the formula . It is the ethylene (IUPAC name: ethene) molecule () with one fewer hydrogen atom. The name is also used for any compound contai ...
,
allyl group)
*
Alkynyl group
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Acetylene
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Propyne
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1-Butyne
In organic chemistry, an alkyne is an unsaturated hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon—carbon triple bond. The simplest acyclic alkynes with only one triple bond and n ...
(
propargyl group
In organic chemistry, the propargyl group is a functional group of 2- propynyl with the structure . It is an alkyl group derived from propyne ().
The term propargylic refers to a saturated position ( ''sp''3-hybridized) on a molecular framework ...
)
*
Benzyloxycarbonyl group (Cbz)
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tert
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T ...
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-butoxycarbonyl group (Boc)
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Carboxyl group
In organic chemistry, a carboxylic acid is an organic acid that contains a carboxyl group () attached to an R-group. The general formula of a carboxylic acid is or , with R referring to the alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, or other group. Carboxylic ...
References
Functional groups
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