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aurantia
Chemistry; Organic chemistry
C 12 H 8 N 8 O 12 An orange aniline dye, used in stains in biology and in some photographic filters.
caproic acid
Chemistry; Organic chemistry
CH 3 (CH 2 ) 4 COOH A colorless liquid fatty acid found in oils and animal fats; used in synthesizing pharmaceuticals and flavors.
1,5-cyclooctadiene
Chemistry; Organic chemistry
C 8 H 12 A cyclic hydrocarbon with two double bonds; prepared from butadiene and used to make cyclooctene and cyclooctane, which are intermediates for the production of plastics, fibers, and so on.
acidolysis
Chemistry; Organic chemistry
A chemical reaction involving the decomposition of a molecule, with the addition of the elements of an acid to the molecule; the reaction is comparable to hydrolysis or alcoholysis, in which water or ...
baeckeol
Chemistry; Organic chemistry
C 13 H 18 O 4 A phenolic ketone that is crystalline and pale yellow; found in oils from plants of species of the myrtle family.
carbocyclic compound
Chemistry; Organic chemistry
A compound with a homocyclic ring in which all the ring atoms are carbon, for example, benzene.
