a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.
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any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.any organic compound containing the group -CONH2
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.a hydrocarbon containing one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of compounds
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.organic compound formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.a compound that exists in forms having different arrangements of atoms but the same molecular weight
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.any of a group of isomers in which atoms are linked in the same order but differ in their spatial arrangement.; "A configurational ste…
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals
Used in the same subject area: Organic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.
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