What makes an organism successful? Longevity– Tortoises can live over 200 years Strength– Rhino beetles can carry over 850 times their own body weight Reproduction– Rabbit females can produce up to 100 babies per year Accolades– Jonathan Goldsmith , “the Most Interesting Man in the World”,...
What do you think happens to the ascorbic acid over time? Hint: oxygen, an oxidizing agent, makes up 20% of our air.Oxidation:In oxidation, an alcohol can be oxidized to form either an aldehyde or a ketone. A primary alcohol can be oxidized...
Propanol is an alcohol with the formula C3H8O, used as a solvent and in making other chemicals, while propanal is an aldehyde, used in perfumery and as a flavor agent.
What is the difference between an aldehyde, a ketone, and a carboxylic acid? What is an organic compound called with a triple bond? What is the IUPAC name for the organic compound shown below? Explain the difference between an aromatic compound and an anti-aromatic compound. ...
Marcato P, Dean CA, Pan D, Araslanova R, Gillis M, Joshi M, Helyer L, Pan L, Leidal A, Gujar S, Giacomantonio CA, Lee PWK: Aldehyde dehydrogenase activity of breast cancer stem cells is primarily due to isoform ALDH1A3 and its expression is predictive of metastasis. Stem Cells 2011...
An imine ( or ) is a functional group or chemical compound containing a carbon–nitrogen double bond. The nitrogen atom can be attached to a hydrogen (H) or an organic group (R). Enamine An enamine is an unsaturated compound derived by the condensation of an aldehyde or ketone with a se...
Sunflower oil should not be cooked at above 450 degrees because it releases potentially toxic compounds at higher temperatures. An oil’s smoke point is generally considered the cutoff at which you should be using the oil when cooking because that’s when it begins to break down. However, res...
According to Wikpedia,“An aldehyde is an organic compound containing a terminal carbonyl group. This functional group consists of a carbon atom bonded to a hydrogen atom with a single covalent bond and an oxygen atom with a double bond. Thus the chemical formula for an aldehyde functional group...
Si-min Yu, William K. Snavely, Raghunath V. Chaudhari, Bala Subramaniam, “Butadiene hydroformylation to adipaldehyde with Rh-based catalysts: Insights into ligand effects”, Mol.Catal., 2020, 484, 110721. Ryan Nouch, Simon Woodward, Darren Willcox, David Robinson, William Lewis, "Mechanistic...
The fresh-cut grass smell is unique in that it instills a sense of peace and harmony with nature; we feel a few moments of nostalgia, an experience known to be enhanced by the luscious petrichor of rain. What we don’t always realize is how plants perform a multitude of functions that...