Organic chemistry

Organic chemistry

Contributors in Organic chemistry

Organic chemistry

A three-center, two-electron bonding interaction in which a hydrogen atom is bonded to both a carbon atom and a metal atom, such as the interaction of a CH bond and an unsaturated transition-metal ...

Benzilic acid

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

(C 6 H 5 ) 2 C(OH)CO 2 H A white, crystalline acid, synthesised by heating benzil with alcohol and potassium hydroxide; used in organic synthesis.

Cationic polymerization

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

A type of polymerization in which Lewis acids act as catalysts.

Diacetin

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

C 3 H 5 (OH)(CH 3 COO) 2 A colorless, hygroscopic liquid that is soluble in water, alcohol, ether, and benzene; boiling point 259_C; used as a plasticizer and softening agent and as a solvent. Also ...

Aldose

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

A class of monosaccharide sugars; the molecule contains an aldehyde group.

Benzoresorcinol

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

C 13 H 10 O 3 A compound crystallising as needles from hotwater solution; used in paints and plastics as an ultraviolet light absorber. Also known as resbenzophenone.