Primary carbon explained

In organic chemistry, a primary carbon is a carbon atom which is bound to only one other carbon atom.^[1] It is thus at the end of a carbon chain. In case of an alkane, three hydrogen atoms are bound to a primary carbon (see propane in the figure on the right). A hydrogen atom could also be replaced by a hydroxy group, which would make the molecule a primary alcohol.

References

1. Book: Smith . Janice Gorzynski . Hodge . Tami . Nemmers . Donna . Klein . Jayne--> . Organic chemistry . 2011 . McGraw-Hill . New York, NY . 978-0-07-337562-5 . 116 . 3rd . en . Book . Chapter 4 Alkanes . 2018-06-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180628152511/http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/007340277x/student_view0/index.html . 2018-06-28 . dead .