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priydarshan

do u mean to say that only an OC containing a fnctional group can have an

carbon

srujana

The Hydrogen attached to Alpha carbon

Alpha carbon is the first carbon attached to the functional group

fr ex CH2 - CH2 = COOH

here the functional group is COOH

sahilgupta_iit

carbon is the carbon attached next to the unsaturated carbon or +ve charged carbon. alpha hydrogen is that attached to such carbon.

coolvignesh

suppose in an organic compound..

there is a functional grp...

the carbon atom attached to that functional grp is called

carbon...\

and all hydrogen atoms attached to it are called alpha hydrogen

madhusudan.chavan

The carbon atom adjacent to the functional group is known as alpha carbon atom .The hydrogens attached to such a carbon atom are called as alpha hydrogen atoms. For example in CH3CH2COOH the hydrogen atoms of CH2 ( the carbon adjacent to functional group COOH ) are alpha hydrogen atoms. If one of the hydrogen atom of this acid is replaced say be amino group the resulting compound CH3CH(NH2)COOH is known as alpha amino acid. Like this it is used in nomenclature as well as while discussing the reactivity of compounds the alpha hydrogen plays an important role ( whenever it is involved).

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