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Mercaptan

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

A group of organosulfur compounds that are derivatives of hydrogen sulphide in the same way that alcohols are derivatives of water; have a characteristically disagreeable odor, and are found with ...

Nonyl phenol

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

C 9 H 19 C 6 H 4 OH Pale-yellow liquid boiling at 283–302_C; soluble in organic solvents, insoluble in water; a mixture of monoalkyl phenol isomers, mostly para-substituted; used to make ...

Polyvinyl acetate

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

(H 2 CCHOOCCH 3 )x A thermoplastic polymer; insoluble in water, gasoline, oils, and fats, soluble in ketones, alcohols, benzene, esters, and chlorinated hydrocarbons; used in adhesives, films, ...

The condition of a polymer whose molecular structure has a fixed spatial (geometric) arrangement of its constituent atoms, thus having crystalline properties; for example, synthetic natural rubber, ...

Ethyl chloride

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

C 2 H 5 Cl A colourless gas, liquefying at 12.2_C, slightly soluble in water; used as a solvent, in medicine, and as an intermediate. Also known as chloroethane.