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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.
A compound formed from ethanol by replacing the hydrogen of the hydroxy group by a monovalent metal. Also known as ethylate.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>CONHCH<sub>2</sub>_COOH Colorless crystals melting at 188_C; soluble in hot water, alcohol, and ether; used in medicine and as a chemical intermediate.
Industry:Chemistry
CH<sub>3</sub>C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>9</sub>(C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>7</sub>)OH An alcohol-soluble, white crystalline compound that may exist in levo form or a mixture of dextro and levo isomers; used in medicines and perfumes, and as a flavoring agent. Also known as peppermint camphor.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>8</sub>H<sub>17</sub>COOH Any of a family of acids which are mixed isomers produced in the Fischer-Tropsch process; pelargonic acid is the straight-chain member; used as a chemical intermediate.
Industry:Chemistry
A thermoplastic resin or viscous liquid from polymerization of turpentine; used in paints, polishes, and rubber plasticizers, and to cure concrete and impregnate paper.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>5</sub>(C<sub>18</sub>H<sub>35</sub>O<sub>2</sub>)<sub>3</sub> A colorless combustible powder; insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol, chloroform, and carbon disulfide; melts at 72_C; used in metal polishes, pastes, candies, candles, and soap, and to waterproof paper. Also known as glyceryl tristearate; tristearin.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>10</sub>H<sub>16</sub> A alicyclic hydrocarbon whose structure has the same arrangement of carbon atoms as does the basic unit of the diamond lattice.
Industry:Chemistry
A series of carbon-hydrogen compounds based on the benzene ring, with the general formula CnH<sub>2</sub>n_<sub>6</sub>, where n is 6 or more; examples are benzene, C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>6</sub>, toluene, C<sub>7</sub>H<sub>8</sub>, and xylene, C<sub>8</sub>H<sub>10</sub>.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>10</sub>H<sub>14</sub>O A liquid ketone that boils at 231_C; soluble in water and alcohol; it is optically active and occurs naturally in both dextro and levo forms; used in flavorings and perfumery. Also known as carvol.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>9</sub>H<sub>17</sub>N<sub>5</sub>S A white, crystalline compound with a melting point of 84–86_C; used as a postemergence herbicide for broadleaf and grassy weeds.
Industry:Chemistry
