Instead, their research shows alkyl groups actually pull electrons away from the rest of the molecule, making them electron-withdrawing when compared to hydrogen.

Alkyl groups have an electron-donating character, which is used to explain the stability of carbocations, trends in the acidity of carboxylic acids, and the basicity of amines.

Hiroki Hashimoto, senior general manager of technical and business development at Nippon Soda Co. Ltd., breaks down thermal hardening, or curing, of monomers and resins containing an alkyl vinyl group ...

The group is also developing chemistry to transform amino groups (NH2) of alkyl amines into a variety of substituents, enabling alkyl amines with unactivated alkyl groups to be viewed as alkyl ...

Scientists have cracked one of chemistry’s toughest challenges with indoles, using copper to unlock a spot once thought too ...