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What does Radical, R, mean in this picture? thanks

It specifies an alkyl radical of unspecified length, ##R## ##=## ##C_nH_(2n+1).##

When you see the ##R## it represents the alkyl chain. The business of the molecule, the functional group, is where all the chemistry is going to occur. The alkyl chain is along for the ride.

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