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Acetamide

A white crystalline solid, from ammonia by replacement of an equivalent of hydrogen by acetyl.

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Amide 76% connected

A compound formed by the union of amidogen with an acid element or radical. It may also be regarded as ammonia in which one or more hydrogen atoms ha…

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Acetylene noun · 85% connection

a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis

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Aldehyde noun · 85% connection

any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids

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Alkyne noun · 85% connection

a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis

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Aromatic compound noun · 85% connection

a hydrocarbon containing one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of compounds

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Carboxylic acid noun · 85% connection

an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups

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Ester noun · 85% connection

organic compound formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water

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Ethyne noun · 85% connection

a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis

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Hydrocarbon noun · 85% connection

an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen

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Isomer noun · 85% connection

a compound that exists in forms having different arrangements of atoms but the same molecular weight

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Ketone noun · 85% connection

any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals

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Oxidation noun · 85% connection

the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction

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Oxidisation noun · 85% connection

the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction

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Oxidization noun · 85% connection

the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction

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Polymer noun · 85% connection

a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers

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Stereoisomer noun · 85% connection

any of a group of isomers in which atoms are linked in the same order but differ in their spatial arrangement.; "A configurational ste…

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Ether noun · 85% connection

any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom

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Acetic acid noun · 84% connection

a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals

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Acetone body noun · 84% connection

a ketone that is an intermediate product of the breakdown of fats in the body; any of three compounds (acetoacetic acid, acetone, and/…

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Acetanilide noun · 78% connection

A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain; -- called also antifebrine.

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Acetic adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, containing, or derived from, acetyl, as acetic ether, acetic acid. The latter is the acid to which the sour taste of vi…

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Acyl noun · 78% connection

any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"

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Acyl group noun · 78% connection

any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"

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Alanine noun · 78% connection

A white crystalline base, C3H7NO2, derived from aldehyde ammonia.

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Alkalamide noun · 78% connection

One of a series of compounds that may be regarded as ammonia in which a part of the hydrogen has been replaced by basic, and another p…

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Amidogen noun · 78% connection

A compound radical, NH2, not yet obtained in a separate state, which may be regarded as ammonia from the molecule of which one of its…

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Amine noun · 78% connection

One of a class of strongly basic substances derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms by a basic atom or radic…

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Aminoalkane noun · 78% connection

a compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals

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Aniline noun · 78% connection

An organic base belonging to the phenylamines. It may be regarded as ammonia in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced by the radic…

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Carbamide noun · 78% connection

the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed an…

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Citric acid cycle noun · 78% connection

in all plants and animals: a series of enzymatic reactions in mitochondria involving oxidative metabolism of acetyl compounds to produ…

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