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Organic chemistry
Potassium xanthate
Chemistry; Organic chemistry
KC 2 H 5 OCSS Water- and alcohol-soluble, yellow crystals; used as an analytical reagent and soil-treatment fungicide.
Sulfenic acid
Chemistry; Organic chemistry
An oxy acid of sulphur with the general formula RSOH, where R is an alkyl or aryl group such as CH 3 ; known as the esters and halides.
Chain scission
Chemistry; Organic chemistry
The cleavage of polymer chains, as in natural rubber as a result of heating.
Ethylenediamine
Chemistry; Organic chemistry
NH 2 CH 2 CH 2 NH 2 colourless liquid, melting at 8.5_C, soluble in water; used as a solvent, corrosion inhibitor, and resin and in adhesive manufacture.
Hydroxybenzoic acid
Chemistry; Organic chemistry
C 7 H 6 O 3 Any one of three crystalline derivatives of benzoic acid: ortho, meta, and para forms; the ester of the para compound is used as a bacteriostatic agent.
Methacrylonitrile
Chemistry; Organic chemistry
CH 2 :C(CH 3 )CN Clear, colourless liquid boiling at 90_C; used to make solvent-resistant thermoplastic polymers and copolymers.
