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Exocyclic double bond

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

A double bond that is connected to and external to a ring structure.

C 6 H 6 (OH) 6 _2H 2 O A water-soluble alcohol often grouped with the vitamins; there are nine stereoisomers of hexahydroxycyclohexane, and the only one of biological importance is optically inactive ...

-methylbenzyl ether

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

C 6 H 5 CH(CH 3 )OCH(CH 3 )C 6 H 5 A straw-colored, combustible liquid with a boiling point of 286.3_C; at 760 mmHg (101,325 pascals); slightly soluble in water; used as a solvent and as a synthetic ...

Paraldol

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

(CH 3 CHOHCH 2 CHO) 2 Water-soluble, white crystals, boiling at 90–100_C; used as a chemical intermediate, to make resins, and in cadmium plating baths.

Prototropy

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

A reversible interconversion of structural isomers that involves the transfer of a proton.

Tert-

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

Abbreviation for tertiary; trisubstituted methyl radical with the central carbon attached to three other carbons (R 1 R 2 R 3 C_).

Alternant hydrocarbon

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

A member of a class of conjugated molecules whose carbon atoms can be divided into two sets so that members of one set are formally bonded only to members of the other set.