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Mercaptan

Any one of series of compounds having an SH radical attached to a carbon atom also considered as hydrosulphides of alcohol radicals in composition resembling the alcohols but containing sulphur in place of oxygen and hence called also the sulphur alcohols In general they are colorless liquids having a strong repulsive garlic odor The name is specifically applied to ethyl mercaptan C2H5SH So called from its avidity for mercury and other metals...


ethyl mercaptan

A gaseous substance C2H5SH used as an odorant in natural gas and propane to facilitate detection and serve as a warning of leaks...


Ethylate

A compound derived from ethyl alcohol by the replacement of the hydroxyl hydrogen after the manner of a hydrate an ethyl alcoholate as potassium ethylate C2H5OK...


Ethylic

Pertaining to derived from or containing ethyl as ethylic alcohol...


molecular formula

An expression representing the composition of elements in a chemical substance commonly consisting of a series of letters and numbers comprising the atomic symbols of each element present in a compound followed by the number of atoms of that element present in one molecule of the substance Thus the molecular formula for common alcohol ethyl alcohol is C2H6O meaning that each molecule contains two carbon atoms six hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom The molecular formula may be written to provide some indication of the actual structure of the molecule in which case structural units may be written separately Thus ethyl alcohol can also be written as CH3CH2OH or CH3 CH2 OH in which the period or dash between functional groups indicates a single bond between the principle atoms of each group This formula shows that in ethyl alcohol the carbon of a methyl group CH3 is attached to the carbon of a methylene group CH2 which is attached to the oxygen of a hydroxyl group OH A structural formula i...


Ethers

Ethers, it is described that ethers are used widely as solvents, both in chemical manufacture and in the research laboratory. It is also mentioned therein that the most important ether is ethyl ether. While describing ethyl ether, it is mentioned in this Encyclopaedia as under:The best known of the ethers is ethyl ether, sometimes, called diethyl ether or simply ether, CH3 CH2 O CH2 CH3. It is used in industry as a solvent and in medicine as an anaesthetic, McGraw -- Hill Encyclopaedia of Chemistry, 2nd Edn....


Ethye Ethers

Ethye Ethers, solvent is only a descriptive name for ether which is widely used as a solvent not only in the industry, but also in chemical manufacture and in research laboratories. Ether and ethyl ether are the same substance and the term 'ether' is used synonymously with 'ethyl ether', Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Sony Cheriyan, (1999) 6 SCC 451....


butyl mercaptan

A volatile liquid C4H9SH having a strong odor like that of a skunk also called butanethiol All three isomers normal sec and tert butanethiol possess the skunk odor...


Hydrosulphide

One of a series of compounds derived from hydrogen sulphide by the replacement of half its hydrogen by a base or basic radical as potassium hydrosulphide KSH The hydrosulphides are analogous to the hydrates and include the mercaptans...


Mercaptal

Any one of a series of compounds of mercaptans with aldehydes...


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