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(organic chemistry) Synonym of acetophenetide
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(organic chemistry) The aromatic ketone phenyl methyl ketone, used in the manufacture of very many organic compounds
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(organic chemistry, uncountable) Ethyne; the simplest alkyne, a hydrocarbon of formula HC≡CH. It is a colourless, odorless, extremely flammable, explosive gas, formerly used as an illuminating gas, but now used in welding and metallurgy.
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(organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric alcohols formally derived from adamantane by replacing a hydrogen atom with a hydroxy group, but especially the tertiary alcohol 1-adamantanol
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(chiefly in the plural) A petroleum fraction containing no aromatic compounds
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(organic chemistry) An unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds.
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(organic chemistry) Derived from an alkylphenol
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(organic chemistry) A hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon–carbon triple bond.
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(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical C₆H₅-CH₂-O- derived from benzyl alcohol
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(organic chemistry) A derivative of bullvalene in which one vinyl group in one of the arms is replaced by a keto-methylene group.
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(chemistry) Any of several forms of butylene.
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(organic chemistry) Synonym of butyl
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(organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric acetylenes containing four carbon atoms and a triple bond, with the empirical formula (C₄H₆)
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(organic chemistry) Either of three isomeric univalent radicals (C₄H₅-) derived from the two isomers of butyne (C₄H₆)
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(organic chemistry) An organic compound with chemical formula C₅H₉N₃O₂, obtained from caffeine by successively removing one methylamine and two carbonic anhydride groups.
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(organic chemistry) Any compound, especially a hydrocarbon, having two or more rings interconnected like the links of a chain, without a covalent bond.
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An oily substance, reportedly C₈H₁₄ and probably a mixture of octadienes, obtained from several derivatives of conine
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(organic chemistry) A colourless, volatile, pungent liquid, C₄H₆, regarded as an unsaturated hydrocarbon of the acetylene series, analogous to crotonic acid.
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(chemistry) any of a class of macrocyclic compounds containing repeat units of -CH₂CH₂O-
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(organic chemistry) One of the Platonic hydrocarbons, C₈H₈, having the carbon atoms placed at the vertices of a cube.
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(organic chemistry) A poorly characterised polymer of acetylene
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(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any univalent radical derived from cyclohexadiene.
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(organic chemistry) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C₅H₁₀; a volatile inflammable liquid, sometimes used as a solvent.
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(organic chemistry) The cycloalkene having three carbon atoms and one double bond; any derivative of this compound
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(organic chemistry) Having a structure based on cyclopropene
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(organic chemistry) The univalent radical derived from cyclopropane by the formal removal of a hydrogen atom
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(organic chemistry) Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₁₀H₂₁, formally derived from decane by the loss of a hydrogen atom
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(countable, organic chemistry) Any compound containing two allyl groups
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(organic chemistry) An organic compound, especially a hydrocarbon, containing two double bonds.
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(chemistry) One of the hexane paraffins, found in petroleum, consisting of two propyl radicals.
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(organic chemistry) One of the Platonic hydrocarbons, C₂₀H₂₀, having the carbon atoms at the vertices of a regular dodecahedron.
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(organic chemistry) An aliphatic amine that has twelve carbon atoms
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(chemistry) A fullerene that has a second, smaller fullerene inside it
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(organic chemistry, uncountable) An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C₂H₆, gaseous at normal temperatures and pressures, being a constituent of natural gas.
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Alternative form of ethyne [(organic chemistry, official IUPAC name) The organic compound acetylene. The simplest alkyne, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₂H₂.]
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(organic chemistry) A heterocyclic carboxylic acid, furan-2-carboxylic acid, obtained by the oxidation of furfural.
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(organic chemistry) An extended two-dimensional hydrocarbon, of general formula (CH)ₙ, derived from graphene by adding a hydrogen atom to each carbon atom alternately on each side of the plane.
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(chemistry) A form of graphyne in which each benzene ring is connected to each of six others by a triacetylene bridge
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(organic chemistry) Any compound formally derived from an allene by replacing one or more carbon atoms of the cumulative bond system by another atom e.g. O=C=O (carbon dioxide) or CH₂=C=O (ketene).
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(organic chemistry) Any saturated heterocycle formally derived from a cycloalkane by replacing one or more carbon atoms with a heteroatom
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(organic chemistry) The acene consisting of six fused benzene rings; any derivative of this compound
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(chemistry) Having six rings of atoms
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(organic chemistry) Hexanal.
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(organic chemistry) A hydrocarbon, C₆H₁₀, of the acetylene series; hexoylene.
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(chemistry) A colourless liquid hydrocarbon, C₆H₁₂, of the ethylene series, produced artificially, and found as a natural product of distillation of certain coals.
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(organic chemistry) A nitrogenous hydrocarbon, C₉H₉NO, obtained from certain derivatives of cinnamic acid and closely related to quinoline and carbostyril.
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(chemistry) A saturated hydrocarbon variant of adamantane, its structure resembling a cage formed by three fused boat cyclohexanes.
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(organic chemistry) The unsaturated hydrocarbon methylpropene, (CH₃)₂C=CH₂; used in the manufacture of polybutene and butyl rubber.
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(organic chemistry) Any of several isomers of hexane, or a mixture of these isomers used as a solvent
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(organic chemistry) Any isomer of pentadiene, but especially isoprene
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(organic chemistry) Any isomer of n-pentene (cis- or trans-2-pentene, methyl-butene &c)
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(organic chemistry) A circulene composed of twelve fused benzene rings, as a hollow hexagon ring, 3 benzene rings to a side.
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(organic chemistry) Any acetal derived from a ketone
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(organic chemistry) A carbene that also has a ketonic carbonyl group
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(organic chemistry) Initialism of methyl ethyl ketone peroxide. [(organic chemistry) The peroxide of methyl ethyl ketone, 2,2'-peroxydi(butane-2-peroxol)]
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(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical -SH
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(organic chemistry) Any of a group of saturated organometallic heterocycles having four carbon atoms and one metal atom in the ring
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(organic chemistry) A univalent radical derived from methionine.
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(organic chemistry) Any methoxy derivative of cyclohexene
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(organic chemistry, especially in combination) A univalent radical derived from methylcyclopentadiene.
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(organic chemistry, automotive) (CH₃C₅H₄)Mn(CO)₃ ; an octane number boosting additive to unleaded gasoline to replace tetra-ethyl lead as an anti-knock component
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(organic chemistry) The unstable carbene CH₂:
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(organic chemistry, especially in combination) A radical derived from morpholine
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(organic chemistry) normal
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(organic chemistry) The aliphatic alkene 3,3-dimethyl-1-butene
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(organic chemistry, especially in combination) A radical derived from a nonene
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(organic chemistry) Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₉H₁₉, formally derived from nonane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
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(organic chemistry) Any aliphatic alkyne having nine carbon atoms, but especially 1-nonyne
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(organic chemistry) A bicyclic saturated hydrocarbon, bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane, related to norbornene and norbornadiene
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A measure of the antiknock properties of an automobile fuel; isooctane having an octane number of 100, a fuel with the same antiknock properties as a mixture of 90% isooctane and 10% heptane having an octane number of 90.
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(organic chemistry) Any thiol derived from an octane, but especially 1-octanethiol
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(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any of several isomeric radicals derived from an octene
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(organic chemistry) Synonym of octanal (especially n-octanal)
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(organic chemistry) Any of a class of unsaturated open-chain hydrocarbons such as ethylene; an alkene with only one carbon-carbon double bond.
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(chemistry, by extension) any of the series of unsaturated hydrocarbons of which ethylene is a type
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(organic chemistry) Any ketone derivative of nonenal (in which a methylene group is converted to a carbonyl group) but especially 4-oxononenal formed by oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids
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(obsolete, organic chemistry) Resembling paraffin; aliphatic
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(organic chemistry) The linear oxocarbon having five carbon atoms
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(inorganic chemistry) Any selenide containing fifteen atoms of selenium per molecule, Se₁₅.
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(organic chemistry) Any of a class of catalytic bicyclic heterocyclic cations
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(organic chemistry) Any of several isomers of the alcohol C₅H₁₁OH; the principal constituents of fusel oil.
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(organic chemistry) Any of several isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₅H₁₁, formally derived from pentane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
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(organic chemistry) Any perfluoro derivative of a heptane, but especially n-perfluoroheptane
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(organic chemistry) A propylbenzene.
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(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical 3,3-dimethyl-2-butyl derived from pinacolyl alcohol.
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(organic chemistry) Any of several polycyclic cagelike hydrocarbons whose underlying structure of carbon atoms is that of one of the Platonic solids; not all are possible, either due to excessive strain, or to valency considerations.
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(organic chemistry) A polymer of oxazoline prepared by reacting a polymercaptan with an alkyl derivative of oxazoline or oxazine
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(organic chemistry) The univalent radical derived from proline.
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(organic chemistry) An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C₃H₈, a constituent of natural gas.
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(chemistry) The systematic name of the simplest ketone with formula C₃H₆O, usually called acetone.
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(organic chemistry, official IUPAC name) The organic chemical compound propylene. An alkene which is a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₃H₆.
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(organic chemistry, of an aliphatic compound) Having a chain of fewer than about six carbon atoms.
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(organic chemistry) Any silyl derivative of a ketene
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(organic chemistry) Any organotin radical or ion.
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(organic chemistry) The unsaturated aliphatic ketone 6-methylhept-5-en-2-one
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(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any compound having four carbon-carbon double bonds
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(organic chemistry) Hypothetically, one of the Platonic hydrocarbons, C₄H₄, having the carbon atoms at the vertices of a tetrahedron; has not yet been synthesized, and would be very unstable.
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(organic chemistry) Any of several isomeric tetramethyl derivatives of piperidine, but especially 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine that is used in organic synthesis
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(organic chemistry) Any tetrahydroxy alcohol
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(organic chemistry) A univalent radical, CH₃CH₂-S-, derived from ethanethiol
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(organic chemistry, astronomy) Any of several poorly classified heteropolymers derived from simple hydrocarbons and ammonia formed by solar irradiation in the atmospheres of icy planets and moons.
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(organic chemistry) Any of very many alcohols of the general formula C₃₀H₆₂O, but especially 1-triacontanol, also known as melissyl alcohol or myricyl alcohol, that is found in plant cuticle waxes and in beeswax as the palmitate ester.
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(organic chemistry) Any of several isomers of octane having three methyl groups attached to a pentane chain; especially isooctane, used as a standard for octane number
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(organic chemistry) The organic compound 2-methylbut-1-en-3-yne HC≡C-C(CH₃)=CH₂
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(organic chemistry, in combination) The univalent (3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)methyl radical
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(organic chemistry) Any vinyl carbene
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(organic chemistry) Any compound having a keto group attached to an acetylene group
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