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(organic chemistry) Any of many thermoplastic or thermosetting polymers or copolymers of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, esters of these acids, or acrylonitrile; used in paint and many plastics.
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(organic chemistry) Synonym of ketoaldose
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(chemistry, in combination) A ligand derived from allixin which binds to a metal atom using two of its oxygen atoms.
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(chemistry) Any of a class of organic compound formed by addition of an oxygen atom to an amine - R₃N⁺-O⁻, but sometimes written R₃N=O.
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(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any amino derivative of a carboxylic group
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(organic chemistry) branching
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(organic chemistry) Abbreviation of adsorbable organohalides.
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(chemistry) oriented close to the axis running through the centre of a cyclohexane ring, as opposed to equatorial. See w:Axial bond.
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(organic chemistry) A series of guidelines outlining the relative favorabilities of ring closure reactions in alicyclic compounds.
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(organic chemistry) Having two quaternary ammonium groups
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(organic chemistry) Any amide of caffeic acid
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(chemistry) the calcium salt of formic acid; used in the scrubbing of flue gases, and as a food preservative
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Used attributively to describe mixtures of carbacrylic and polyamine-methylene resins
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(biochemistry, attributive) Designating a compound composed by the addition of carbon dioxide to a free amino group in an amino acid or a protein, such as hemoglobin forming carbaminohemoglobin.
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(organic chemistry) Having an affinity for carbon atoms in a molecule (especially an unsaturated one)
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(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to a carboskeleton
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(organic chemistry) The carboxyl group.
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(organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds containing a carboxyl functional group.
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(chemistry) Any compound having two or more rings interconnected like the links of a chain, without a covalent bond.
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(chemistry) In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a double bond in which the greater radical on both ends is on the same side of the bond.
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(organic chemistry, of an organic compound or part of such a compound) Containing one or more pairs of double bonds and/or lone pairs, each pair being separated by a single bond.
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(organic chemistry) Any cyclopropyl derivative of methanol
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(chemistry) Describing any molecule having ten rings
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Alternative form of decahydroxy [(chemistry, in combination) ten hydroxy functional groups in a molecule]
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Reasonably pure ethyl alcohol for industrial purposes that has been made unfit for consumption by the addition of a poisonous substance such as acetone or methyl alcohol
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(chemistry) acetylated with two acetyl groups
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(organic chemistry) Containing two acrylic groups
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(organic chemistry, especially in combination) A univalent radical derived from a diarylmethane
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(organic chemistry) An orthogonal arrangement of groups of atoms within a molecule, often associated with aromaticity.
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(organic chemistry, in combination) Two butyryl groups in a compound
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(countable, inorganic chemistry) Any metal carbonyl containing two carbonyl groups per molecule
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(organic chemistry) Any compound that has two carboxaldehyde groups
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(organic chemistry) Having two carboxylic groups
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(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The quaternary ammonium cation (CH₃-CH₂)₂NH₂⁺
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(organic chemistry) Any compound that contains two ferulate groups
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(chemistry) hydrogenated with the addition of two atoms of hydrogen per molecule
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(chemistry) A pair of hydroxyl groups in a molecule
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(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Two methoxy groups in a molecule
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(organic chemistry) The dimethyl ether of ethylene glycol; it used as a solvent
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(organic chemistry, in combination) Two myristyl groups in a molecule
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(organic chemistry) Describing any compound in which two (of the same) functional groups are on two separate chains
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(organic chemistry, in combination) Two tosyl groups in a molecule
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(organic chemistry) Able to be epoxidized
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(organic chemistry) The product of such a reaction
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(chemistry) Any fluorocarbon-based oligomer, or telomer, synthesized by telomerization.
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(inorganic chemistry) Any oxoanion of gallium
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(chemistry) The molecular formula of a class of compounds in which actual numbers are represented by x, n etc., and organic radicals are represented as Rₙ
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(organic chemistry, in combination) seven hydroxy groups. (OH)₇
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(organic chemistry) Modified by the addition of six acyl groups
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Six histidyl groups in a molecule
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(chemistry) Exhibiting homoaromaticity.
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(chemistry) The retention of aromaticity in a molecule in which a conjugated cyclic system is interrupted, usually by a methylene group.
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(chemistry) Belonging to a series of aliphatic organic compounds that differ only by the addition of a CH₂ group.
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(chemistry, in combination) A hydroxy group as a substituent in a molecule
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(chemistry) Being, or containing a hydroxyl radical.
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(organic chemistry) a carboxylic acid that also contains a hydroxy group
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(organic chemistry) Relating to any carboxylic acid that has one or more hydroxy groups
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(biochemistry) Between the carbon atoms that carry the two hydroxyl groups of a diol
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(organic chemistry) The tervalent functional group, -CH=, having one single bond and one double bond
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(organic chemistry) In the middle of an aliphatic chain
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(chemistry) Having one hydrogen atom replaceable by a negative or acid atom or radical; capable of neutralizing a monobasic acid.
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(organic chemistry) Any compound that has a single acetal group
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(organic chemistry, in combination) A single acetone substituent in another compound, especially in a sugar derivative
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(uncountable, organic chemistry, especially in combination) A single acyl group in a compound
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(organic chemistry) Any aldehyde containing a single aldehydic group
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(organic chemistry, especially in combination) A single alkyl group in a compound
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(organic chemistry, in combination) A single butyl group in a molecule
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(organic chemistry) Any compound that contains a single caprylate group or ion
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(chemistry) Containing a single carboxyl group.
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(chemistry) Any molecule with a single carboxylate group.
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(organic chemistry) Having a single carboxyl or carboxylic acid group
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(chemistry) Any chloride containing a single chlorine atom in each molecule.
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(organic chemistry, especially in combination) A single decyl group in a molecule
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(organic chemistry) Any compound containing a single digitoxoside residue
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(organic chemistry, in combination) A single dodecyl group in a compound
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(organic chemistry) An alkene having a single double bond
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(organic chemistry) Any lipid containing a single double bond
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(organic chemistry) Any compound containing a single epoxide group, especially when more than one is possible
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(organic chemistry) An ester of a polyhydric alcohol or a polycarboxylic acid containing only a single ester group.
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(organic chemistry) Any compound that has a single ether group (although two or more are possible)
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(organic chemistry) Any compound having a single etherate group
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(organic chemistry, in combination) A single galloyl group in a compound
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(uncountable, organic chemistry, especially in combination) A single glycosyl group in a compound
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(organic chemistry, in combination) A single hexosyl group in a molecule
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(organic chemistry, in combination) Having a single hydroxy group in a molecule. E.g. a monool is monohydroxy/monohydric alcohol.
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(organic chemistry, in combination) A single isobutyl group in a molecule
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(organic chemistry) Any ketone that has a single carbonyl group
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(organic chemistry) Any compound that has a single methacrylate ion or group
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(organic chemistry, in combination) A single methoxy group in a molecule
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(organic chemistry, especially in combination) A single methyl group in a molecule
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(organic chemistry) Any compound that has a single mycolate group
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(organic chemistry, especially in combination) A single nitro group in a molecule
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A compound having a single oleate ion or group per molecule, or per anion.
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Any compound that has a single palmitate group
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(organic chemistry, in combination) A single palmitoyl group in a compound
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(organic chemistry) Containing a single propargyl group
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(medicine, organic chemistry) The methylglycolate of guaiacol; once used as an analgesic
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(organic chemistry, in combination) A single vinyl group in a molecule
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Alternative spelling of multi-carbon [(organic chemistry) Describing any compound (or ring within a compound) containing more than one carbon atom]
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(organic chemistry, in combination) Eight ethyl groups in a molecule
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(organic chemistry) Having carbon atoms arranged in a linear rather than cyclical chain.
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(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any alkyl group in which a methylene group has been replaced by a carbonyl group.
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(chemistry) The bivalent R-O-R functional group found in ethers.
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(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The organic chemical group CH₂=C(-O⁻)-C⁺₂-.
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(chemistry) A derivative compound obtained by reaction with oxygen.
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(chemistry) Any of a group of radicals containing reactive oxygen atoms.
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(organic chemistry) acylated in five positions
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(organic chemistry) Any compound containing five carboxylate groups or anions
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(organic chemistry, in combination) Five galloyl groups in a compound
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(agriculture) Any fertiliser containing phosphate compounds.
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(organic chemistry) Any organophosphorus compound of general formula R₂(R^'O)P=O
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(organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compound of general formula R₃P=NH; any N-derivative of this type of compound
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(organic chemistry) A phosphate that has two of its OH groups substituted by NR2 groups to give a species with the general formula O=P(OH)(NH2).
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(organic chemistry) An alcohol containing many hydroxy groups (typically more than two)
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(organic chemistry) Any ester of a polycarboxylic acid
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(organic chemistry) A derivative of a compound formed by adding or replacing many radicals or functional groups.
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(chemistry) containing two or more hydroxy groups
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(chemistry) Any polymer of an ester of methacrylic acid, especially polymethyl methacrylate
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(chemistry) Any radical derived from a polymer
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(chemistry) Any of a several classes of thermoplastic polymers whose repeat units contain a sulfone
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(organic chemistry) Having a ring containing alternating single and double bonds but whose electrons are not delocalized and so does not have aromatic character
adj
(organic chemistry) Describing a name, part of which is systematic and part of which is trivial
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Alternative form of side chain [(organic chemistry) That part of a molecule attached to some core structure; a radical.]
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(organic chemistry) Having only a single chain of carbon atoms.
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(chemistry) A structural element of a molecule consisting of an unbranched sequence of atoms or simple groups, especially such a sequence of methylene groups in a aliphatic compound
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(organic chemistry) The introduction of a sulfenyl group into a compound
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(organic chemistry, especially in combination) hypersilyl
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(organic chemistry, especially in combination) tertiary amyl
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(organic chemistry) Any organic compound having four carboxylic acid groups
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The calculated amount of oxygen which would be required to fully oxidize an organic compound
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(organic chemistry) modification of an organic compound by the addition of a thiol group, or by replacing an oxygen atom by one of sulfur
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(organic chemistry) Having three functional groups
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(medicine, colloquial) Triglycerides.
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(organic chemistry) hydroxylation at three sites in a molecule
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(organic chemistry) To introduce three methyl groups into a molecule
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(organic chemistry) An organic compound related to choline, with the difference that the terminal carboxylic acid group of trimethylglycine has been reduced to a hydroxyl group in choline.
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(organic chemistry, in combination) Three octanoyl groups in a molecule
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(organic chemistry) A solid phase-transfer catalyst, often in the form of beads, that catalyzes a reaction between a liquid and a gas
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(chemistry, in combination) Chemical containing eleven hydroxy groups, (OH)₁₁
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Chemistry. Of or relating to the consecutive positions of substituted elements or radicals on an organic compound.
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(organic chemistry) Any disubstituted compound having an amido group attached to an acetylene group
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An empirical rule for predicting the favoured alkene product(s) in elimination reactions. The alkene formed in greatest amount is the one that corresponds to removal of the hydrogen from the β-carbon having the fewest hydrogen substituents.
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