Alkyl, -CH2- (generic) Methylene function (generic) 2 Reactions utilise: Alkyl, -CH2- (generic) 5 Reactions form: Alkyl, -CH2- (generic)   Electronically neutral generic. The methylene function is important in NMR spectroscopy. Alkyl, -CH2- (generic) is defined with respect to the entities below: The entities below are defined with respect to: Alkyl, -CH2- (generic) Alkyl, -R (generic) Brønsted Acid, non-hydroxy (generic) Inert (generic) Type 3 Lewis acid/base complex (generic) Type 13 Lewis acid/base complex (generic) Benzyl alcohol Benzyl anion (generic) Benzyl bromide Benzyl cation (generic) Benzyl cyanide Benzyl diethyl phosphonate Benzyl isocyanide Benzylamine Benzylphenylsulfone Bromoacetate ion Bromoacetic acid alpha-Bromomethyl ketone (generic) Chloroacetic acid Chloroethanoate ion Cyanoacetic acid Cycloheptane Cycloheptatriene Cyclopropane methanol Diazomethane Dichloromethane Diidomethane beta-Diketone (generic) Dinitromethane Diphenylmethane Ethyl acetoacetate Fluorene Glycoate ion Glycolic acid Hexamine Indole-3-acetic acid Iodoacetate ion Iodoacetic acid beta-Ketoaldehyde (generic) beta-Ketoester (generic) Malonate dianion Malonate diester (generic) Malonic acid Malononitrile Methoxyacetate ion Methoxyacetic acid Methylene Methylsulfonyl acetate ion Methylsulfonyl acetic acid Methylthioacetate ion Methylthioacetic acid Nitroacetate ion Nitroacetic acid 2,4-Pentanedione Polyethylene 2,2,2-Trichloroethanol 2,2,2-Trifluoroethanol 2,2,2-Trifluoroethoxide ion chemical compound molecule metal molecular science reaction mechanism ionic material acid base geometry reactivity synthesis science knowledge chemistry Lewis