Talk:Alkyl group

message: Is Alkyl reactive or caustic?
:No it is not either.  -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:34, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Hi, I did a semi-major copy edit of some of the stranger elements of this page (e.g. odd capitalisation, some grammar, and some incorrect claims – there is no such thing as 2-ethyl), however, I can't help thinking that there is more useful and clearer information at alkane and IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry. Perhaps we should keep the first few sections, remove most of what is in the "Naming Alkyls" section, and provide links to the other more comprehensive articles. -postglock 05:31, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't see anything obvious about the uses of Alkyls. It appears to be one of the active ingredients in Lysol. It would be helpful to explain what it does. Madhu 16:57, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Usefulness of page? 

message: Hi all, I strongly believe this entire article should redirect to Alkane. It is confusing to anyone without a strong background in chemistry and, frankly, even then the very first sentence is wrong. It states, "In chemistry, an alkyl substituent is an alkane missing one hydrogen." Then, later in the page, it correctly illustrates Alkyl with an isopropyl group, which is of course "missing" 3 hydrogens. All alkyl is, is a way to say Alkane.
Ds2207 (talk) 23:05, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with the redirect, but you will probably get some that strongly disagree.  We have an article on aryl, to which we should probably merge phenyl.  And [[methyl], ethyl...--Smokefoot (talk) 01:40, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect, Oh Yes. 

message: Now that we seem to have consensus on non-merger of Me, Et, Pr, and Bu.  What about these separate articles: n-Pr vs i-Pr, and t-Bu vs n-Bu vs i-Bu.  --Smokefoot (talk) 20:11, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I think it is more reasonable to merge isomers with similar names, to avoid the proliferation of too many articles. The reader looking for isopropyl may try propyl, and if not a redirect will help. However I would not merge isomers with totally dissimilar (common) names, such as maleic acid and fumaric acid. Dirac66 (talk) 04:23, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: i-Pr vs n-Pr, etc

message: Alkyl is the title of this Wikipedia page, which is part of the web address for the page.
I propose that the name be revised to "Alkyl Group" as this is the common way it is used in chemistry.
Changing the name would require changing the web address. Unfortunately I don't know how to change the address, and I'm not sure if it would be appropriate.
Please advise or comment on this proposal, or someone go ahead and make the change. PeteSwazzy (talk) 04:48, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: As a chemist I don't see how that would be an improvement. Also, this page covers several other uses of the term, such as "alkyl radical" --Cubbi (talk) 03:32, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Webpage Name Change 

message: I have added both the  and  tags to this statement as it is both too vague and includes technical jargon that may or may not mean "literally placed into a bottle" or perhaps isolated in some other way. I felt these tags were the most pertinent, although a  is perhaps also due here since this statement is not backed up by a reference and it is difficult to find a reference without knowing what or which compounds the author is referring to. Illini407 talk 15:36, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vague statement on alkyl free radicals