Within the basic structure of PEPPSI, R can be a methyl, an alkyl that comes from methane.
In the basic structure of PEPPSI, R can be a methyl (CH3, Me), ethyl (C2H5, Et), isopropyl (C3H7, iPr), isopentyl (C5H11, iPent), or isoheptyl (C7H15, iHept) group, and the resulting catalysts are thus labeled as PEPPSI-IMes, PEPPSI-IEt, PEPPSI-IPr, PEPPSI-IPent, and PEPPSI-IHept respectively, with or without "Pd-" added in front. A methyl group is an alkyl derived from methane, containing one carbon atom bonded to three hydrogen atoms  CH3. 
