Question

The alkylation of hydrocarbons is referred as which type of alkylation?

(a) Substitution of hydroxy group

(b) Alkyl metallic compound

(c) Substitution for hydrogen

(d) None of the mentioned

This question was posed to me by my college professor while I was bunking the class.

I need to ask this question from Types of Alkylation topic in section Alkylation of Unit Processes

Answer 1

Right choice is (c) Substitution for hydrogen

To explain: the substitution of an alkyl group for hydrogen in carbon compounds, this type of alkylation is frequently referred to as alkylation of hydrocarbons, and many of the instances are nuclear alkylations.