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  2. Ethylene - Wikipedia

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    Ethylene is widely used in the chemical industry, and its worldwide production (over 150 million tonnes in 2016 [8]) exceeds that of any other organic compound. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Much of this production goes toward creating polythene , which is a widely used plastic containing polymer chains of ethylene units in various chain lengths.

  3. Ethylene oxide - Wikipedia

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    Ethylene oxide is an organic compound with the formula C 2 H 4 O.It is a cyclic ether and the simplest epoxide: a three-membered ring consisting of one oxygen atom and two carbon atoms.

  4. Ethylene (data page) - Wikipedia

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    Phase behavior Triple point: 104 K (−169 °C), 120 Pa Critical point: 282.5 K (9.4 °C), 50.6 bar Std enthalpy change of fusion, Δ fus H o +3.35 kJ/mol Std entropy change

  5. Vinyl group - Wikipedia

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    Chemical structure of the vinyl functional group. In organic chemistry , a vinyl group (abbr. Vi ; [ 1 ] IUPAC name : ethenyl group [ 2 ] ) is a functional group with the formula −CH=CH 2 . It is the ethylene (IUPAC name: ethene) molecule ( H 2 C=CH 2 ) with one fewer hydrogen atom.

  6. Ethane - Wikipedia

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    Ethane (US: / ˈ ɛ θ eɪ n / ETH-ayn, UK: / ˈ iː θ eɪ n / EE-thayn) is a naturally occurring organic chemical compound with chemical formula C 2 H 6. At standard temperature and pressure, ethane is a colorless, odorless gas. Like many hydrocarbons, ethane is isolated on an industrial scale from natural gas and as a petrochemical by ...

  7. Ethylenediamine - Wikipedia

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    Ethylenediamine (abbreviated as en when a ligand) is the organic compound with the formula C 2 H 4 (NH 2) 2.This colorless liquid with an ammonia-like odor is a basic amine.It is a widely used building block in chemical synthesis, with approximately 500,000 tonnes produced in 1998. [6]

  8. List of carboxylic acids - Wikipedia

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    Carboxylic acids are organic acids characterized by a carboxyl (-COOH) functional group. The naming of these compounds is governed by IUPAC nomenclature, which ensures systematic and consistent naming of chemicals.

  9. Zeise's salt - Wikipedia

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    Zeise's salt was one of the first organometallic compounds to be reported. [6] It was discovered by William Christopher Zeise, a professor at the University of Copenhagen, who prepared this compound in 1830 while investigating the reaction of PtCl 4 with boiling ethanol.