Organic chemistry

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Ethyl malonate

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

CH 2 (COOC 2 H 5 ) 2 A colourless liquid, boiling at 198_C; used as an intermediate and a plasticizer. Also known as malonic ester.

Indan

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

C 6 H 4 (CH 2 ) 3 colourless liquid boiling at 177_C; soluble in alcohol and ether, insoluble in water; derived from coal tar.

Methylamine

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

CH 3 NH 2 A colourless gas that is highly toxic and flammable; used to prepare dyes, and as a chemical intermediate.

C 9 H 6 NOH White powder that darkens when exposed to light; slightly soluble in water, dissolves in ethanol, acetone, and benzene; used to prepare fungicides and to separate metals by precipitation. ...

Propylene carbonate

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

C 3 H 6 CO 3 Odorless, colourless liquid, boiling at 242_C; miscible with acetone, benzene, and ether; used as a solvent, extractant, plasticizer, and chemical intermediate.

Terbacil

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

C 9 H 13 ClN 2 O 2 A colorless, crystalline compound with a melting point of 175–177_C; used as an herbicide to control weeds in sugarcane, apples, peaches, citrus, and mints.

Allyl chloride

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

CH 2 CHCH 2 Cl A volatile, pungent, toxic, flammable, colourless liquid, boiling at 46°C; insoluble in water; made by chlorination of propylene at high temperatures.