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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.
CH<sub>3</sub>(CH<sub>2</sub>)<sub>3</sub>HC:CH<sub>2</sub> Colorless, olefinic hydrocarbon boiling at 64_C; soluble in alcohol, acetone, ether, and hydrocarbons, insoluble in water; used as a chemical intermediate and for resins, drugs, and insecticides. Also known as hexylene.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>8</sub>(ONO<sub>2</sub>)<sub>6</sub> Explosive colorless crystals; soluble in alcohol, acetone, and ether, insoluble in water; melts at 112_C; used in explosives and medicine.
Industry:Chemistry
NO<sub>2</sub>C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>4</sub>CH<sub>3</sub> A yellow liquid boiling at 220.4_C; insoluble in water; used to produce toluidine and dyes.
Industry:Chemistry
(OCH<sub>2</sub>)n A polymer of formaldehyde that has excellent mechanical and high-temperature properties. Also know as polyacetal; polyformaldehyde.
Industry:Chemistry
A macrocyclic compound capable of completely enveloping a cation, having donor atoms (O, N, S) arranged such that they provide a solvation sphere to the encapsulated cation.
Industry:Chemistry
A polymer made by blending acrylonitrile- styrene copolymer with a butadiene-acrylonitrile rubber or by interpolymerizing polybutadiene with styrene and acrylonitrile; combines the advantages of hardness and strength of the vinyl resin component with the toughness and impact resistance of the rubbery component. Abbreviated ABS.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>N(CH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>R+ An organic radical in which R may range from C<sub>8</sub>H<sub>17</sub> to C<sub>18</sub>H<sub>37</sub>; found in surfactants, as the chloride salt.
Industry:Chemistry
An anion with the general formula (RCO<sub>2</sub>)_, which is formed when the hydrogen attached to the carboxyl group of a carboxylic acid is removed.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>8</sub>H<sub>8</sub>O<sub>4</sub> Crystals that melt at 108.5_C and are insoluble in water, soluble in acetone; used as a fungicide and bactericide. Abbreviated DHA.
Industry:Chemistry
NH<sub>2</sub>(CH<sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub>OH A colorless liquid, miscible in water; used in scrubbing hydrogen sulfide (H<sub>2</sub>S) and carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) from petroleum gas streams, for dry cleaning, in paints, and in pharmaceuticals.
Industry:Chemistry
