What is the chemical name for C2H5?

Question

What is the chemical name for C2H5?

Answer 1

When Ethane C2H6 loses 1 Hydrogen during a reaction with, say Chlorine, we have 'Ethyl Chloride' (C2H5Cl). The C2H5 is the 'Ethyl' Group.

Any Alkane that loses a Hydrogen becomes the 'Alkyl' group.

Pentane C5H12 becomes C5H11 as the 'Pentyl' (or once called 'Amyl') group.

(The 'Amyl' group is still used in some instances as in Amyl acetate, Amylamine and Amyl alcohol).

Answer 2

ethyl group

Answer 3

This is called the "ethyl group", and derived from methane (C2H6).

Answer 4

C2H5 is an "ethyl group"

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C2H6 is ethane.  If you remove an H, and attach the C2H5- to something else, we remove the "ane" and attach a "yl" and call it an "ethyl group"

similarly

CH3 is methyl

C3H7 is propyl

C4H9 is butyl

etc

Answer 5

Ethyl

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C2H5