Organic chemistry

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tetraiodoethylene

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

I 2 C:CI 2 Light yellow crystals with a melting point of 187_C; soluble in organic solvents; used in surgical dusting powder and antiseptic ointments, and as a fungicide. Also known as iodoethylene.

ammonium bitartrate

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

NH 4 HC 4 H 4 O 6 Colorless crystals that are soluble in water; used to make baking powder and to detect calcium. Also known as monoammonium tartrate.

C 6 H 7 BrN 2 Needlelike crystals with a melting point of 108–109_C; soluble in benzene, ether, chloroform, and alcohol; used in the preparation of indoleacetic acid derivatives and in the study of ...

cis-trans isomerism

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

A type of geometrical isomerism found in alkenic systems in which it is possible for each of the doubly bonded carbons to carry two different atoms or groups; two similar atoms or groups may be on ...

dihydrazone

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

A molecule containing two hydrazone radicals.

fluorodifen

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

C 13 H 7 F 3 N 2 O 4 A yellow, crystalline compound with a melting point of 93_C; used as a pre- and postemergence herbicide for food crops.

isohexane

Chemistry; Organic chemistry

C 6 H 14 A liquid mixture of isomeric hydrocarbons, flammable and explosive, insoluble in water, soluble in most organic solvents, boils at 54–61_C; used as a solvent, freezing-point depressant, and ...