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McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. is an American publicly traded corporation headquartered in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Its primary areas of business are financial, publishing, and business services.
C<sub>7</sub>H<sub>8</sub>N<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> Monohydrate crystals with a melting point of 228_C; soluble in organic solvents such as alcohol and benzene; used in the detection and determination of nitrites.
Industry:Chemistry
The radical CH<sub>3</sub>CHNH<sub>2</sub>CO_; occurs in, for example, alanyl alanine, a dipeptide.
Industry:Chemistry
A salt or ester of benzoic acid, formed by replacing the acidic hydrogen of the carboxyl group with a metal or organic radical.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>12</sub>H<sub>22</sub>O<sub>11</sub> A disaccharide which does not occur freely in nature or as a glucoside; a unit of cellulose and lichenin; crystallizes as minute watersoluble crystals from alcohol. Also known as cellose.
Industry:Chemistry
1. CH<sub>3</sub>COCOCH<sub>3</sub> A yellowish-green liquid with a boiling point of 88_C; has a strong odor that resembles quinone; occurs naturally in bay oil and butter and is produced from methyl ethyl ketone or by a special fermentation of glucose; used as an aroma carrier in food manufacturing. Also known as biacetyl. 2. A prefix indicating two acetyl groups.
Industry:Chemistry
(C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>8</sub>O<sub>6</sub>)<sub>n</sub> An insoluble colloidal acid obtained from brown marine algae; it is hard when dry and absorbent when moist. Also known as algin.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>CCl<sub>3</sub> A colorless to yellow liquid that fumes upon exposure to air; has penetrating odor; insoluble in water, soluble in ethanol and ether; used to make dyes.
Industry:Chemistry
A compound formed by the reaction of an alcohol with an alkali metal. Also known as alkoxide.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>COOH An aromatic carboxylic acid that melts at 122.4_C, boils at 250_C, and is slightly soluble in water and relatively soluble in alcohol and ether; derivatives are valuable in industry, commerce, and medicine.
Industry:Chemistry
An acetic acid ester of cellulose; a tough, flexible, slowburning, and long-lasting thermoplastic material used as the base for magnetic tape and movie film, in acetate rayon, as a plastic film in food packaging, in lacquers, and for molded receiver cabinets.
Industry:Chemistry
