Q. How many $ \alpha - $ hydrogens are present in diethyl ether?
MGIMS WardhaMGIMS Wardha 2011
Solution:
The carbon adjacent to the functional group is called a-carbon and the hydrogens attached to it, are referred as $ \text{ }\!\!\alpha\!\!\text{ -} $ hydrogens. The formula of diethyl ether is $ C{{H}_{3}}C{{H}_{2}}OC{{H}_{2}}C{{H}_{3}} $ Here $ O $ is the functional group. Thus,
Thus, it contains 4 $ \alpha -H $ atoms.
