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Ball-and-stick model
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In chemistry, the ball-and-stick model is a molecular model of a chemical substance which is to display both the three-dimensional position of the atoms and the bonds between them. The atoms are typically represented by spheres, connected by rods which represent the bonds, double and triple bonds are usually represented by two or three curved rods, respectively. The chemical element of each atom is often indicated by the spheres color, in a ball-and-stick model, the radius of the spheres is usually much smaller than the rod lengths, in order to provide a clearer view of the atoms and bonds throughout the model. As a consequence, the model does not provide an insight about the space occupied by the model. Ball-and-stick models can be physical artifacts or virtual computer models, the former are usually built from molecular modeling kits, consisting of a number of helical springs or rods made of flexible plastic, and a number of plastic balls with pre-drilled holes. The sphere colors commonly follow the CPK coloring, some university courses on chemistry require students to buy such models as learning material. In 1865, German chemist August Wilhelm von Hofmann was the first to make stick-and-ball molecular models and he used such models in lecture at the Royal Institution of Great Britain. Specialist companies manufacture kits and models to order, one of the earlier companies was Woosters at Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, UK. Besides tetrahedral, trigonal and octahedral holes, there were all-purpose balls with 24 holes and these models allowed rotation about the single rod bonds, which could be both an advantage and a disadvantage. The approximate scale was 5 cm per ångström, but was not consistent over all elements, the Beevers Miniature Models company in Edinburgh produced small models using PMMA balls and stainless steel rods. In these models, the use of individually drilled balls with precise bond angles and bond lengths enabled large crystal structures to be created in a light. Figure 3 shows a cell of ruby in this style
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Alkane
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In organic chemistry, an alkane, or paraffin, is an acyclic saturated hydrocarbon. In other words, an alkane consists of hydrogen and carbon atoms arranged in a structure in which all the carbon-carbon bonds are single. Alkanes have the chemical formula CnH2n+2. The alkanes range in complexity from the simplest case of methane, CH4 where n =1, in an alkane, each carbon atom has 4 bonds, and each hydrogen atom is joined to one of the carbon atoms. The longest series of linked carbon atoms in a molecule is known as its skeleton or carbon backbone. The number of atoms may be thought of as the size of the alkane. One group of the alkanes are waxes, solids at standard ambient temperature and pressure. They can be viewed as molecular trees upon which can be hung the more functional groups of biological molecules. The alkanes have two main sources, petroleum and natural gas. Saturated hydrocarbons are hydrocarbons having only single covalent bonds between their carbons, according to the definition by IUPAC, the former two are alkanes, whereas the third group is called cycloalkanes. Saturated hydrocarbons can also combine any of the linear, cyclic and branching structures, the formula is CnH 2n−2k+2. Alkanes are the ones, corresponding to k =0. Alkanes with more than three carbon atoms can be arranged in different ways, forming structural isomers. The simplest isomer of an alkane is the one in which the atoms are arranged in a single chain with no branches. This isomer is called the n-isomer. However the chain of atoms may also be branched at one or more points. The number of possible isomers increases rapidly with the number of carbon atoms, for example, 3-methylhexane and its higher homologues are chiral due to their stereogenic center at carbon atom number 3. In addition to the alkane isomers, the chain of atoms may form one or more loops
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Chemical bond
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A chemical bond is a lasting attraction between atoms that enables the formation of chemical compounds. The bond may result from the force of attraction between atoms with opposite charges, or through the sharing of electrons as in the covalent bonds. Since opposite charges attract via an electromagnetic force, the negatively charged electrons that are orbiting the nucleus. An electron positioned between two nuclei will be attracted to both of them, and the nuclei will be attracted toward electrons in this position and this attraction constitutes the chemical bond. This phenomenon limits the distance between nuclei and atoms in a bond, in general, strong chemical bonding is associated with the sharing or transfer of electrons between the participating atoms. All bonds can be explained by quantum theory, but, in practice, simplification rules allow chemists to predict the strength, directionality, the octet rule and VSEPR theory are two examples. Electrostatics are used to describe bond polarities and the effects they have on chemical substances, a chemical bond is an attraction between atoms. This attraction may be seen as the result of different behaviors of the outermost or valence electrons of atoms and these behaviors merge into each other seamlessly in various circumstances, so that there is no clear line to be drawn between them. However it remains useful and customary to differentiate different types of bond, which result in different properties of condensed matter. In the simplest view of a covalent bond, one or more electrons are drawn into the space between the two atomic nuclei, energy is released by bond formation. This is not as a reduction in energy, because the attraction of the two electrons to the two protons is offset by the electron-electron and proton-proton repulsions. In a polar covalent bond, one or more electrons are shared between two nuclei. Such weak intermolecular bonds give organic molecular substances, such as waxes and oils, their soft bulk character, also, the melting points of such covalent polymers and networks increase greatly. In a simplified view of a bond, the bonding electron is not shared at all. In this type of bond, the atomic orbital of one atom has a vacancy which allows the addition of one or more electrons. These newly added electrons potentially occupy a lower energy-state than they experience in a different atom, thus, one nucleus offers a more tightly bound position to an electron than does another nucleus, with the result that one atom may transfer an electron to the other. This transfer causes one atom to assume a net charge. The bond then results from electrostatic attraction between atoms and the atoms become positive or negatively charged ions, ionic bonds may be seen as extreme examples of polarization in covalent bonds
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Organic chemistry
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Study of structure includes many physical and chemical methods to determine the chemical composition and the chemical constitution of organic compounds and materials. In the modern era, the range extends further into the table, with main group elements, including, Group 1 and 2 organometallic compounds. They either form the basis of, or are important constituents of, many products including pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals and products made from them, plastics, fuels and explosives. Before the nineteenth century, chemists generally believed that compounds obtained from living organisms were endowed with a force that distinguished them from inorganic compounds. According to the concept of vitalism, organic matter was endowed with a vital force, during the first half of the nineteenth century, some of the first systematic studies of organic compounds were reported. Around 1816 Michel Chevreul started a study of soaps made from various fats and he separated the different acids that, in combination with the alkali, produced the soap. Since these were all compounds, he demonstrated that it was possible to make a chemical change in various fats, producing new compounds. In 1828 Friedrich Wöhler produced the chemical urea, a constituent of urine, from inorganic starting materials. The event is now accepted as indeed disproving the doctrine of vitalism. In 1856 William Henry Perkin, while trying to manufacture quinine accidentally produced the organic dye now known as Perkins mauve and his discovery, made widely known through its financial success, greatly increased interest in organic chemistry. A crucial breakthrough for organic chemistry was the concept of chemical structure, ehrlich popularized the concepts of magic bullet drugs and of systematically improving drug therapies. His laboratory made decisive contributions to developing antiserum for diphtheria and standardizing therapeutic serums, early examples of organic reactions and applications were often found because of a combination of luck and preparation for unexpected observations. The latter half of the 19th century however witnessed systematic studies of organic compounds, the development of synthetic indigo is illustrative. The production of indigo from plant sources dropped from 19,000 tons in 1897 to 1,000 tons by 1914 thanks to the methods developed by Adolf von Baeyer. In 2002,17,000 tons of indigo were produced from petrochemicals. In the early part of the 20th Century, polymers and enzymes were shown to be large organic molecules, the multiple-step synthesis of complex organic compounds is called total synthesis. Total synthesis of natural compounds increased in complexity to glucose. For example, cholesterol-related compounds have opened ways to synthesize complex human hormones, since the start of the 20th century, complexity of total syntheses has been increased to include molecules of high complexity such as lysergic acid and vitamin B12
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Organic compound
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An organic compound is virtually any chemical compound that contains carbon, although a consensus definition remains elusive and likely arbitrary. Organic compounds are rare terrestrially, but of importance because all known life is based on organic compounds. The most basic petrochemicals are considered the building blocks of organic chemistry, for historical reasons discussed below, a few types of carbon-containing compounds, such as carbides, carbonates, simple oxides of carbon, and cyanides are considered inorganic. The distinction between organic and inorganic compounds, while useful in organizing the vast subject of chemistry. Organic chemistry is the science concerned with all aspects of organic compounds, Organic synthesis is the methodology of their preparation. The word organic is historical, dating to the 1st century, for many centuries, Western alchemists believed in vitalism. This is the theory that certain compounds could be synthesized only from their classical elements—earth, water, air, vitalism taught that these organic compounds were fundamentally different from the inorganic compounds that could be obtained from the elements by chemical manipulation. Vitalism survived for a while even after the rise of modern atomic theory and it first came under question in 1824, when Friedrich Wöhler synthesized oxalic acid, a compound known to occur only in living organisms, from cyanogen. A more decisive experiment was Wöhlers 1828 synthesis of urea from the inorganic salts potassium cyanate, urea had long been considered an organic compound, as it was known to occur only in the urine of living organisms. Wöhlers experiments were followed by others, in which increasingly complex organic substances were produced from inorganic ones without the involvement of any living organism. Even though vitalism has been discredited, scientific nomenclature retains the distinction between organic and inorganic compounds, still, even the broadest definition requires excluding alloys that contain carbon, including steel. The C-H definition excludes compounds that are considered organic, neither urea nor oxalic acid is organic by this definition, yet they were two key compounds in the vitalism debate. The IUPAC Blue Book on organic nomenclature specifically mentions urea and oxalic acid, other compounds lacking C-H bonds but traditionally considered organic include benzenehexol, mesoxalic acid, and carbon tetrachloride. Mellitic acid, which contains no C-H bonds, is considered an organic substance in Martian soil. The C-H bond-only rule also leads to somewhat arbitrary divisions in sets of carbon-fluorine compounds, for example, CF4 would be considered by this rule to be inorganic, whereas CF3H would be organic. Organic compounds may be classified in a variety of ways, one major distinction is between natural and synthetic compounds. Another distinction, based on the size of organic compounds, distinguishes between small molecules and polymers, natural compounds refer to those that are produced by plants or animals. Many of these are extracted from natural sources because they would be more expensive to produce artificially
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Hydrogen
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Hydrogen is a chemical element with chemical symbol H and atomic number 1. With a standard weight of circa 1.008, hydrogen is the lightest element on the periodic table. Its monatomic form is the most abundant chemical substance in the Universe, non-remnant stars are mainly composed of hydrogen in the plasma state. The most common isotope of hydrogen, termed protium, has one proton, the universal emergence of atomic hydrogen first occurred during the recombination epoch. At standard temperature and pressure, hydrogen is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic, nonmetallic, since hydrogen readily forms covalent compounds with most nonmetallic elements, most of the hydrogen on Earth exists in molecular forms such as water or organic compounds. Hydrogen plays an important role in acid–base reactions because most acid-base reactions involve the exchange of protons between soluble molecules. In ionic compounds, hydrogen can take the form of a charge when it is known as a hydride. The hydrogen cation is written as though composed of a bare proton, Hydrogen gas was first artificially produced in the early 16th century by the reaction of acids on metals. Industrial production is mainly from steam reforming natural gas, and less often from more energy-intensive methods such as the electrolysis of water. Most hydrogen is used near the site of its production, the two largest uses being fossil fuel processing and ammonia production, mostly for the fertilizer market, Hydrogen is a concern in metallurgy as it can embrittle many metals, complicating the design of pipelines and storage tanks. Hydrogen gas is flammable and will burn in air at a very wide range of concentrations between 4% and 75% by volume. The enthalpy of combustion is −286 kJ/mol,2 H2 + O2 →2 H2O +572 kJ Hydrogen gas forms explosive mixtures with air in concentrations from 4–74%, the explosive reactions may be triggered by spark, heat, or sunlight. The hydrogen autoignition temperature, the temperature of spontaneous ignition in air, is 500 °C, the detection of a burning hydrogen leak may require a flame detector, such leaks can be very dangerous. Hydrogen flames in other conditions are blue, resembling blue natural gas flames, the destruction of the Hindenburg airship was a notorious example of hydrogen combustion and the cause is still debated. The visible orange flames in that incident were the result of a mixture of hydrogen to oxygen combined with carbon compounds from the airship skin. H2 reacts with every oxidizing element, the ground state energy level of the electron in a hydrogen atom is −13.6 eV, which is equivalent to an ultraviolet photon of roughly 91 nm wavelength. The energy levels of hydrogen can be calculated fairly accurately using the Bohr model of the atom, however, the atomic electron and proton are held together by electromagnetic force, while planets and celestial objects are held by gravity. The most complicated treatments allow for the effects of special relativity
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Carbon
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Carbon is a chemical element with symbol C and atomic number 6. It is nonmetallic and tetravalent—making four electrons available to form covalent chemical bonds, three isotopes occur naturally, 12C and 13C being stable, while 14C is a radioactive isotope, decaying with a half-life of about 5,730 years. Carbon is one of the few elements known since antiquity, Carbon is the 15th most abundant element in the Earths crust, and the fourth most abundant element in the universe by mass after hydrogen, helium, and oxygen. It is the second most abundant element in the body by mass after oxygen. The atoms of carbon can bond together in different ways, termed allotropes of carbon, the best known are graphite, diamond, and amorphous carbon. The physical properties of carbon vary widely with the allotropic form, for example, graphite is opaque and black while diamond is highly transparent. Graphite is soft enough to form a streak on paper, while diamond is the hardest naturally occurring material known, graphite is a good electrical conductor while diamond has a low electrical conductivity. Under normal conditions, diamond, carbon nanotubes, and graphene have the highest thermal conductivities of all known materials, all carbon allotropes are solids under normal conditions, with graphite being the most thermodynamically stable form. They are chemically resistant and require high temperature to react even with oxygen, the most common oxidation state of carbon in inorganic compounds is +4, while +2 is found in carbon monoxide and transition metal carbonyl complexes. The largest sources of carbon are limestones, dolomites and carbon dioxide, but significant quantities occur in organic deposits of coal, peat, oil. For this reason, carbon has often referred to as the king of the elements. The allotropes of carbon graphite, one of the softest known substances, and diamond. It bonds readily with other small atoms including other carbon atoms, Carbon is known to form almost ten million different compounds, a large majority of all chemical compounds. Carbon also has the highest sublimation point of all elements, although thermodynamically prone to oxidation, carbon resists oxidation more effectively than elements such as iron and copper that are weaker reducing agents at room temperature. Carbon is the element, with a ground-state electron configuration of 1s22s22p2. Its first four ionisation energies,1086.5,2352.6,4620.5 and 6222.7 kJ/mol, are higher than those of the heavier group 14 elements. Carbons covalent radii are normally taken as 77.2 pm,66.7 pm and 60.3 pm, although these may vary depending on coordination number, in general, covalent radius decreases with lower coordination number and higher bond order. Carbon compounds form the basis of all life on Earth
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Atom
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An atom is the smallest constituent unit of ordinary matter that has the properties of a chemical element. Every solid, liquid, gas, and plasma is composed of neutral or ionized atoms, Atoms are very small, typical sizes are around 100 picometers. Atoms are small enough that attempting to predict their behavior using classical physics - as if they were billiard balls, through the development of physics, atomic models have incorporated quantum principles to better explain and predict the behavior. Every atom is composed of a nucleus and one or more bound to the nucleus. The nucleus is made of one or more protons and typically a number of neutrons. Protons and neutrons are called nucleons, more than 99. 94% of an atoms mass is in the nucleus. The protons have an electric charge, the electrons have a negative electric charge. If the number of protons and electrons are equal, that atom is electrically neutral, if an atom has more or fewer electrons than protons, then it has an overall negative or positive charge, respectively, and it is called an ion. The electrons of an atom are attracted to the protons in a nucleus by this electromagnetic force. The number of protons in the nucleus defines to what chemical element the atom belongs, for example, the number of neutrons defines the isotope of the element. The number of influences the magnetic properties of an atom. Atoms can attach to one or more other atoms by chemical bonds to form compounds such as molecules. The ability of atoms to associate and dissociate is responsible for most of the changes observed in nature. The idea that matter is made up of units is a very old idea, appearing in many ancient cultures such as Greece. The word atom was coined by ancient Greek philosophers, however, these ideas were founded in philosophical and theological reasoning rather than evidence and experimentation. As a result, their views on what look like. They also could not convince everybody, so atomism was but one of a number of competing theories on the nature of matter. It was not until the 19th century that the idea was embraced and refined by scientists, in the early 1800s, John Dalton used the concept of atoms to explain why elements always react in ratios of small whole numbers
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Functional group
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In organic chemistry, functional groups are specific groups of atoms or bonds within molecules that are responsible for the characteristic chemical reactions of those molecules. The same functional group will undergo the same or similar chemical reaction regardless of the size of the molecule it is a part of, however, its relative reactivity can be modified by other functional groups nearby. The atoms of functional groups are linked to other and to the rest of the molecule by covalent bonds. Any subgroup of atoms of a compound also may be called a radical, and if a covalent bond is broken homolytically, Functional groups can also be charged, e. g. in carboxylate salts, which turns the molecule into a polyatomic ion or a complex ion. Complexation and solvation is also caused by interactions of functional groups. In the common rule of thumb like dissolves like, it is the shared or mutually well-interacting functional groups give rise to solubility. For example, sugar dissolves in water because both share the functional group and hydroxyls interact strongly with each other. Combining the names of groups with the names of the parent alkanes generates what is termed a systematic nomenclature for naming organic compounds. In traditional nomenclature, the first carbon atom after the carbon that attaches to the group is called the alpha carbon, the second, beta carbon. IUPAC conventions call for numeric labeling of the position, e. g. 4-aminobutanoic acid, in traditional names various qualifiers are used to label isomers, for example isopropanol is an isomer is n-propanol. The following is a list of functional groups. In the formulas, the symbols R and R usually denote an attached hydrogen, or a side chain of any length. Functional groups, called hydrocarbyl, that only carbon and hydrogen. Each one differs in type of reactivity, there are also a large number of branched or ring alkanes that have specific names, e. g. tert-butyl, bornyl, cyclohexyl, etc. Hydrocarbons may form charged structures, positively charged carbocations or negative carbanions, examples are tropylium and triphenylmethyl cations and the cyclopentadienyl anion. Haloalkanes are a class of molecule that is defined by a carbon–halogen bond and this bond can be relatively weak or quite stable. In general, with the exception of fluorinated compounds, haloalkanes readily undergo nucleophilic substitution reactions or elimination reactions, the substitution on the carbon, the acidity of an adjacent proton, the solvent conditions, etc. all can influence the outcome of the reactivity. Compounds that contain nitrogen in this category may contain C-O bonds, compounds that contain sulfur exhibit unique chemistry due to their ability to form more bonds than oxygen, their lighter analogue on the periodic table
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Hydrocarbon
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In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon, and thus are group 14 hydrides. Hydrocarbons from which one atom has been removed are functional groups. Aromatic hydrocarbons, alkanes, alkenes, cycloalkanes and alkyne-based compounds are different types of hydrocarbons, the classifications for hydrocarbons, defined by IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry are as follows, Saturated hydrocarbons are the simplest of the hydrocarbon species. They are composed entirely of single bonds and are saturated with hydrogen, the formula for acyclic saturated hydrocarbons is CnH2n+2. The most general form of saturated hydrocarbons is CnH2n+2, where r is the number of rings and those with exactly one ring are the cycloalkanes. Saturated hydrocarbons are the basis of petroleum fuels and are found as linear or branched species. Substitution reaction is their characteristics property, hydrocarbons with the same molecular formula but different structural formulae are called structural isomers. As given in the example of 3-methylhexane and its higher homologues, chiral saturated hydrocarbons constitute the side chains of biomolecules such as chlorophyll and tocopherol. Unsaturated hydrocarbons have one or more double or triple bonds between carbon atoms and those with double bond are called alkenes. Those with one double bond have the formula CnH2n and those containing triple bonds are called alkyne. Those with one triple bond have the formula CnH2n−2, aromatic hydrocarbons, also known as arenes, are hydrocarbons that have at least one aromatic ring. Hydrocarbons can be gases, liquids, waxes or low melting solids or polymers, in terms of shells, carbon consists of an incomplete outer shell, which comprises 4 electrons, and thus has 4 electrons available for covalent or dative bonding. Some hydrocarbons also are abundant in the solar system, lakes of liquid methane and ethane have been found on Titan, Saturns largest moon, confirmed by the Cassini-Huygens Mission. Hydrocarbons are also abundant in nebulae forming polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds, hydrocarbons are a primary energy source for current civilizations. The predominant use of hydrocarbons is as a fuel source. In their solid form, hydrocarbons take the form of asphalt, mixtures of volatile hydrocarbons are now used in preference to the chlorofluorocarbons as a propellant for aerosol sprays, due to chlorofluorocarbons impact on the ozone layer. Methane and ethane are gaseous at ambient temperatures and cannot be liquefied by pressure alone. Propane is however easily liquefied, and exists in propane bottles mostly as a liquid, butane is so easily liquefied that it provides a safe, volatile fuel for small pocket lighters
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Aromatic hydrocarbon
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An aromatic hydrocarbon or arene is a hydrocarbon with sigma bonds and delocalized pi electrons between carbon atoms forming a circle. In contrast, aliphatic hydrocarbons lack this delocalization, the term aromatic was assigned before the physical mechanism determining aromaticity was discovered, the term was coined as such simply because many of the compounds have a sweet or pleasant odour. The configuration of six carbon atoms in compounds is known as a benzene ring, after the simplest possible such hydrocarbon. Aromatic hydrocarbons can be monocyclic or polycyclic, some non-benzene-based compounds called heteroarenes, which follow Hückels rule, are also called aromatic compounds. In these compounds, at least one atom is replaced by one of the heteroatoms oxygen, nitrogen. Benzene, C6H6, is the simplest aromatic hydrocarbon, and it was the first one named as such, the nature of its bonding was first recognized by August Kekulé in the 19th century. Each carbon atom in the cycle has four electrons to share. One goes to the atom, and one each to the two neighbouring carbons. The structure is alternatively illustrated as a circle around the inside of the ring to show six electrons floating around in delocalized molecular orbitals the size of the ring itself. This depiction represents the equivalent nature of the six carbon–carbon bonds all of bond order 1.5, the electrons are visualized as floating above and below the ring with the electromagnetic fields they generate acting to keep the ring flat. The proper use of the symbol is debated, it is used to describe any cyclic π system in some publications, jensen argues that, in line with Robinsons original proposal, the use of the circle symbol should be limited to monocyclic 6 π-electron systems. In this way the symbol for a six-center six-electron bond can be compared to the Y symbol for a three-center two-electron bond. A reaction that forms a compound from an unsaturated or partially unsaturated cyclic precursor is simply called an aromatization. Many laboratory methods exist for the synthesis of arenes from non-arene precursors. Many methods rely on cycloaddition reactions, alkyne trimerization describes the cyclization of three alkynes, in the Dötz reaction an alkyne, carbon monoxide and a chromium carbene complex are the reactants. Diels–Alder reactions of alkynes with pyrone or cyclopentadienone with expulsion of carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide also form arene compounds, in Bergman cyclization the reactants are an enyne plus a hydrogen donor. Arenes are reactants in many organic reactions, in aromatic substitution one substituent on the arene ring, usually hydrogen, is replaced by another substituent. The two main types are electrophilic aromatic substitution when the reagent is an electrophile and nucleophilic aromatic substitution when the reagent is a nucleophile
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Cycloalkane
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In organic chemistry, the cycloalkanes are the monocyclic saturated hydrocarbons. In other words, a cycloalkane consists only of hydrogen and carbon atoms arranged in a structure containing a single ring, Cycloalkanes are named analogously to their normal alkane counterparts of the same carbon count, cyclopropane, cyclobutane, cyclopentane, cyclohexane, etc. The larger cycloalkanes, with more than 20 carbon atoms are typically called cycloparaffins, the cycloalkanes without side chains are classified as small, common, medium, and large. Each is an isomer of its alkene counterpart—for example, cyclopropane has the chemical formula as propene. Besides this standard definition by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, in any case, the general form of the chemical formula for cycloalkanes is CnH2, where n is the number of carbon atoms and r is the number of rings. For instance, a bicyclooctane that consists of a ring and a four-membered ring. That part of the ring, exclusive of the shared edge has 4 carbons. That part of the ring, exclusive of the shared edge, has 2 carbons. The edge itself, exclusive of the two vertices that define it, has 0 carbons. There is more than one convention for the naming of compounds, which can be confusing for those who are just learning, for beginners it is best to learn IUPAC nomenclature from a source that is up to date, because this system is constantly being revised. In the above example -bicyclooctane would be written bicyclooctane to fit the conventions for IUPAC naming and it has then got room for an additional numerical prefix if there is the need to include details of other attachments to the molecule such as chlorine or a methyl group. Another convention for the naming of compounds is the common name, an example of a common name is terpineol, the name of which can tell us only that it is an alcohol and it should then have a hydroxy group attached to it. An example of the IUPAC method is given in the adjacent image, in this example the base name is listed first, which indicates the total number of carbons in both rings including the carbons making up the shared edge. In this case there are two rings with two each and a single bridge with one carbon, excluding the carbons shared by it. There is a total of three numbers and they are listed in descending order separated by dots, thus, before the numerical prefix is another prefix indicating the number of rings. The group of cycloalkanes are also known as naphthenes, Cycloalkanes are similar to alkanes in their general physical properties, but they have higher boiling points, melting points, and densities than alkanes. This is due to stronger London forces because the ring allows for a larger area of contact. Containing only C–C and C–H bonds, unreactivity of cycloalkanes with little or no ring strain are comparable to non-cyclic alkanes, the carbon atoms in cycloalkanes are sp3 hybridized and are therefore a deviation from the ideal tetrahedral bond angles of 109° 28′
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Alkyne
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In organic chemistry, an alkyne is an unsaturated hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon—carbon triple bond. The simplest acyclic alkynes with only one bond and no other functional groups form a homologous series with the general chemical formula CnH2n−2. Alkynes are traditionally known as acetylenes, although the name also refers specifically to C2H2. Like other hydrocarbons, alkynes are generally hydrophobic but tend to be more reactive, alkynes are characteristically more unsaturated than alkenes. Thus they add two equivalents of bromine whereas an alkene adds only one equivalent in the reaction, in some reactions, alkynes are less reactive than alkenes. For example, in a molecule with an -ene and an -yne group, possible explanations involve the two π-bonds in the alkyne delocalising, which would reduce the energy of the π-system or the stability of the intermediates during the reaction. They show greater tendency to polymerize or oligomerize than alkenes do, the resulting polymers, called polyacetylenes are conjugated and can exhibit semiconducting properties. In acetylene, the H–C≡C bond angles are 180°, by virtue of this bond angle, alkynes are rod-like. The C≡C bond distance of 121 picometers is much shorter than the C=C distance in alkenes or the C–C bond in alkanes, the triple bond is very strong with a bond strength of 839 kJ/mol. The sigma bond contributes 369 kJ/mol, the first pi bond contributes 268 kJ/mol, bonding usually discussed in the context of molecular orbital theory, which recognizes the triple bond as arising from overlap of s and p orbitals. In the language of valence bond theory, the atoms in an alkyne bond are sp hybridized. Overlap of an sp orbital from each atom forms one sp–sp sigma bond, each p orbital on one atom overlaps one on the other atom, forming two pi bonds, giving a total of three bonds. The remaining sp orbital on each atom can form a bond to another atom. The two sp orbitals project on opposite sides of the carbon atom, internal alkynes feature carbon substituents on each acetylenic carbon. Symmetrical examples include diphenylacetylene and 3-hexyne, terminal alkynes have the formula RC2H. Terminal alkynes, like itself, are mildly acidic, with pKa values of around 25. They are far more acidic than alkenes and alkanes, which have pKa values of around 40 and 50, the acidic hydrogen on terminal alkynes can be replaced by a variety of groups resulting in halo-, silyl-, and alkoxoalkynes. The carbanions generated by deprotonation of terminal alkynes are called acetylides, in systematic chemical nomenclature, alkynes are named with the Greek prefix system without any additional letters
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Earth
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Earth, otherwise known as the World, or the Globe, is the third planet from the Sun and the only object in the Universe known to harbor life. It is the densest planet in the Solar System and the largest of the four terrestrial planets, according to radiometric dating and other sources of evidence, Earth formed about 4.54 billion years ago. Earths gravity interacts with objects in space, especially the Sun. During one orbit around the Sun, Earth rotates about its axis over 365 times, thus, Earths axis of rotation is tilted, producing seasonal variations on the planets surface. The gravitational interaction between the Earth and Moon causes ocean tides, stabilizes the Earths orientation on its axis, Earths lithosphere is divided into several rigid tectonic plates that migrate across the surface over periods of many millions of years. About 71% of Earths surface is covered with water, mostly by its oceans, the remaining 29% is land consisting of continents and islands that together have many lakes, rivers and other sources of water that contribute to the hydrosphere. The majority of Earths polar regions are covered in ice, including the Antarctic ice sheet, Earths interior remains active with a solid iron inner core, a liquid outer core that generates the Earths magnetic field, and a convecting mantle that drives plate tectonics. Within the first billion years of Earths history, life appeared in the oceans and began to affect the Earths atmosphere and surface, some geological evidence indicates that life may have arisen as much as 4.1 billion years ago. Since then, the combination of Earths distance from the Sun, physical properties, in the history of the Earth, biodiversity has gone through long periods of expansion, occasionally punctuated by mass extinction events. Over 99% of all species that lived on Earth are extinct. Estimates of the number of species on Earth today vary widely, over 7.4 billion humans live on Earth and depend on its biosphere and minerals for their survival. Humans have developed diverse societies and cultures, politically, the world has about 200 sovereign states, the modern English word Earth developed from a wide variety of Middle English forms, which derived from an Old English noun most often spelled eorðe. It has cognates in every Germanic language, and their proto-Germanic root has been reconstructed as *erþō, originally, earth was written in lowercase, and from early Middle English, its definite sense as the globe was expressed as the earth. By early Modern English, many nouns were capitalized, and the became the Earth. More recently, the name is simply given as Earth. House styles now vary, Oxford spelling recognizes the lowercase form as the most common, another convention capitalizes Earth when appearing as a name but writes it in lowercase when preceded by the. It almost always appears in lowercase in colloquial expressions such as what on earth are you doing, the oldest material found in the Solar System is dated to 4. 5672±0.0006 billion years ago. By 4. 54±0.04 Gya the primordial Earth had formed, the formation and evolution of Solar System bodies occurred along with the Sun
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Petroleum
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Petroleum is a naturally occurring, yellow-to-black liquid found in geological formations beneath the Earths surface, which is commonly refined into various types of fuels. Components of petroleum are separated using a technique called fractional distillation and it consists of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights and other organic compounds. The name petroleum covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crude oil and petroleum products that are made up of refined crude oil. A fossil fuel, petroleum is formed when large quantities of dead organisms, usually zooplankton and algae, are buried underneath sedimentary rock, Petroleum has mostly been recovered by oil drilling. Drilling is carried out studies of structural geology, sedimentary basin analysis. Petroleum is used in manufacturing a variety of materials. Concern over the depletion of the earths finite reserves of oil, the burning of fossil fuels plays the major role in the current episode of global warming. The word petroleum comes from Greek, πέτρα for rocks and Greek, the term was found in 10th-century Old English sources. It was used in the treatise De Natura Fossilium, published in 1546 by the German mineralogist Georg Bauer, Petroleum, in one form or another, has been used since ancient times, and is now important across society, including in economy, politics and technology. Great quantities of it were found on the banks of the river Issus, ancient Persian tablets indicate the medicinal and lighting uses of petroleum in the upper levels of their society. By 347 AD, oil was produced from bamboo-drilled wells in China, early British explorers to Myanmar documented a flourishing oil extraction industry based in Yenangyaung that, in 1795, had hundreds of hand-dug wells under production. The mythological origins of the oil fields at Yenangyaung, and its hereditary monopoly control by 24 families, Pechelbronn is said to be the first European site where petroleum has been explored and used. The still active Erdpechquelle, a spring where petroleum appears mixed with water has been used since 1498, Oil sands have been mined since the 18th century. In Wietze in lower Saxony, natural asphalt/bitumen has been explored since the 18th century, both in Pechelbronn as in Wietze, the coal industry dominated the petroleum technologies. In 1848 Young set up a small business refining the crude oil, Young eventually succeeded, by distilling cannel coal at a low heat, in creating a fluid resembling petroleum, which when treated in the same way as the seep oil gave similar products. The production of oils and solid paraffin wax from coal formed the subject of his patent dated 17 October 1850. In 1850 Young & Meldrum and Edward William Binney entered into partnership under the title of E. W. Binney & Co. at Bathgate in West Lothian, the worlds first oil refinery was built in 1856 by Ignacy Łukasiewicz. The demand for petroleum as a fuel for lighting in North America, edwin Drakes 1859 well near Titusville, Pennsylvania, is popularly considered the first modern well
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IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry
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It is published in the Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry. Ideally, every possible organic compound should have a name from which a structural formula can be created. There is also an IUPAC nomenclature of inorganic chemistry, otherwise the common or trivial name may be used, often derived from the source of the compound. In addition, very long names may be less concise than structural formulae, in chemistry, a number of prefixes, suffixes and infixes are used to describe the type and position of functional groups in the compound. The steps for naming an organic compound are, Identification of the parent hydrocarbon chain and this chain must obey the following rules, in order of precedence, It should have the maximum number of substituents of the suffix functional group. By suffix, it is meant that the parent functional group should have a suffix, if more than one functional group is present, the one with highest precedence should be used. It should have the number of multiple bonds It should have the maximum number of single bonds. It should have the maximum length, Identification of the parent functional group, if any, with the highest order of precedence. Side chains are the chains that are not in the parent chain. Identification of the functional groups, if any, and naming them by their ionic prefixes. Different side-chains and functional groups will be grouped together in alphabetical order, when both side chains and secondary functional groups are present, they should be written mixed together in one group rather than in two separate groups. Locants are the numbers on the carbons to which the substituent is directly attached, has the lowest-numbered locants for multiple bonds. Has the lowest-numbered locants for prefixes, numbering of the various substituents and bonds with their locants. If there are two side-chains with the alpha carbon, the number will be written twice. If there are double bonds and triple bonds, en is written before yne. When the main group is a terminal functional group, there is no need to number it. Wherever it says with numbers, it is understood that between the word and the numbers, the prefix is used. Adding of punctuation, Commas are put between numbers Hyphens are put between a number and a letter Successive words are merged into one word Note, IUPAC uses one-word names throughout and this is why all parts are connected
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Open-chain compound
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In chemistry, an open-chain compound or acyclic compound is a compound with a linear structure, rather than a cyclic one. An open-chain compound having no side chains is called a straight-chain compound, many of the simple molecules of organic chemistry, such as the alkanes and alkenes, have both linear and ring isomers, that is, both acyclic and cyclic, with the latter often classified as aromatic. For those with 4 or more carbons, the forms can have straight-chain or branched-chain isomers. The lowercase prefix n- denotes the straight-chain isomer, for example, n-butane is straight-chain butane, cycloalkanes are isomers of alkenes, not of alkanes, because the rings closure involves a C=C bond. Having no rings, all open-chain compounds are aliphatic, typically in biochemistry, some isomers are more prevalent than others. For example, in living organisms, the isomer of glucose usually exists only transiently, in small amounts, D-glucose is the usual isomer. Straight-chain molecules are not literally straight, in the sense that their bond angles are often not 180°. For example, the alkanes are wavy or puckered, as the models below show
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Chemical formula
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These are limited to a single typographic line of symbols, which may include subscripts and superscripts. A chemical formula is not a name, and it contains no words. Although a chemical formula may imply certain simple chemical structures, it is not the same as a full chemical structural formula. Chemical formulas can fully specify the structure of only the simplest of molecules and chemical substances, the simplest types of chemical formulas are called empirical formulas, which use letters and numbers indicating the numerical proportions of atoms of each type. Molecular formulas indicate the numbers of each type of atom in a molecule. For example, the formula for glucose is CH2O, while its molecular formula is C6H12O6. This is possible if the relevant bonding is easy to show in one dimension, an example is the condensed molecular/chemical formula for ethanol, which is CH3-CH2-OH or CH3CH2OH. For reasons of structural complexity, there is no condensed chemical formula that specifies glucose, chemical formulas may be used in chemical equations to describe chemical reactions and other chemical transformations, such as the dissolving of ionic compounds into solution. A chemical formula identifies each constituent element by its chemical symbol, in empirical formulas, these proportions begin with a key element and then assign numbers of atoms of the other elements in the compound, as ratios to the key element. For molecular compounds, these numbers can all be expressed as whole numbers. For example, the formula of ethanol may be written C2H6O because the molecules of ethanol all contain two carbon atoms, six hydrogen atoms, and one oxygen atom. Some types of compounds, however, cannot be written with entirely whole-number empirical formulas. An example is boron carbide, whose formula of CBn is a variable non-whole number ratio with n ranging from over 4 to more than 6.5. When the chemical compound of the consists of simple molecules. These types of formulas are known as molecular formulas and condensed formulas. A molecular formula enumerates the number of atoms to reflect those in the molecule, so that the formula for glucose is C6H12O6 rather than the glucose empirical formula. However, except for very simple substances, molecular chemical formulas lack needed structural information, for simple molecules, a condensed formula is a type of chemical formula that may fully imply a correct structural formula. For example, ethanol may be represented by the chemical formula CH3CH2OH
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Structural formula
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The structural formula of a chemical compound is a graphic representation of the molecular structure, showing how the atoms are arranged. The chemical bonding within the molecule is shown, either explicitly or implicitly. For example, many compounds exist in different isomeric forms. A structural formula is able to indicate arrangements of atoms in three dimensional space in a way that a formula may not be able to do. Several systematic chemical naming formats, as in chemical databases, are used that are equivalent to and these chemical nomenclature systems include SMILES, InChI and CML. Lewis structures are flat graphical formulas that show atom connectivity and lone pair or unpaired electrons and this notation is mostly used for small molecules. Each line represents the two electrons of a single bond, two or three parallel lines between pairs of atoms represent double or triple bonds, respectively. Alternatively, pairs of dots may be used to represent bonding pairs, in addition, all non-bonded electrons and any formal charges on atoms are indicated. In early organic-chemistry publications, where use of graphics was strongly limited, skeletal formulas are the standard notation for more complex organic molecules. Hydrogen atoms attached to carbon atoms are not indicated, each atom is understood to be associated with enough hydrogen atoms to give the carbon atom four bonds. The presence of a positive or negative charge at a carbon atom takes the place of one of the hydrogen atoms. Hydrogen atoms attached to other than carbon must be written explicitly. Several methods exist to picture the three-dimensional arrangement of atoms in a molecule, chirality in skeletal formulas is indicated by the Natta projection method. Solid or dashed wedged bonds represent bonds pointing above-the-plane or below-the-plane of the paper, wavy single bonds represent unknown or unspecified stereochemistry or a mixture of isomers. For example, the adjacent diagram shows the fructose molecule with a bond to the HOCH2- group at the left. In this case the two ring structures are in chemical equilibrium with each other and also with the open-chain structure. The ring continually opens and closes, sometimes closing with one stereochemistry, skeletal formulae can depict cis and trans isomers of alkenes. Wavy single bonds are the way to represent unknown or unspecified stereochemistry or a mixture of isomers
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Structural isomer
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Structural isomerism, or constitutional isomerism, is a form of isomerism in which molecules with the same molecular formula have bonded together in different orders, as opposed to stereoisomerism. There are multiple synonyms for constitutional isomers, three categories of constitutional isomers are skeletal, positional, and functional isomers. Positional isomers are also called regioisomers, in chain isomerism, or skeletal isomerism, components of the skeleton are distinctly re-ordered to create different structures. Pentane exists as three isomers, n-pentane, isopentane and neopentane, in position isomerism a functional group or other substituent changes position on a parent structure. In the table below, the group can occupy three different positions on an n-pentane chain forming three different compounds. Many aromatic isomers exist because substituents can be positioned on different parts of the benzene ring, only one isomer of phenol or hydroxybenzene exists but cresol or methylphenol has three isomers where the additional methyl group can be placed on three different positions on the ring. Xylenol has one group and two methyl groups and a total of 6 isomers exist. Functional isomers are structural isomers that have the molecular formula. These groups of atoms are called groups, functionalities. Another way to say this is that two compounds with the molecular formula, but different functional groups, are functional isomers. For example, cyclohexane and 1-hexene both have the formula C6H12 and these two are considered functional group isomers because cyclohexane is a cycloalkane and hex-1-ene is an alkene. For two molecules to be functional isomers, they must contain key groups of atoms arranged in particular ways, some of the best examples come from organic chemistry. Depending on how the atoms are arranged, it can represent two different compounds dimethyl ether CH3-O-CH3 or ethanol CH3CH2-O-H, dimethyl ether and ethanol are functional isomers. The carbon chain-oxygen-carbon chain functionality is called an ether, the carbon chain-oxygen-hydrogen functionality is called an alcohol. If the functionalities stay the same, but their locations change, 1-Propanol and 2-propanol are structural isomers, but they are not functional isomers. The functional group is present in both of these compounds, but they are not the same, while some chemists use the terms structural isomer and functional isomer interchangeably, not all structural isomers are functional isomers. Functional isomers are most often identified in chemistry using infrared spectroscopy, infrared radiation corresponds to the energies associated primarily with molecular vibration. The alcohol functionality has a very distinct vibration called OH-stretch that is due to hydrogen bonding, all alcohols in liquid and solid form absorb infrared radiation at certain wavelengths
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Homology (chemistry)
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In chemistry, homology is the appearance of homologues. A homologue is a compound belonging to a series of differing from each other by a repeating unit, such as a methylene bridge −CH 2−. A homolog is a case of an analog. Examples are alkanes and compounds with alkyl side chains of different length, on the periodic table, homologous elements share many electrochemical properties and appear in the same group of the table. For example, all noble gases are colorless, monatomic gases with low reactivity. These similarities are due to structure in their outer shells of valence electrons. Mendeleev used the prefix eka- for an unknown element below a known one in the same group, homologous series Analog Congener Structure-activity relationship
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Chirality (chemistry)
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Chirality /kaɪˈrælɪti/ is a geometric property of some molecules and ions. A chiral molecule/ion is non-superposable on its mirror image, the presence of an asymmetric carbon center is one of several structural features that induce chirality in organic and inorganic molecules. The term chirality is derived from the Greek word for hand, the mirror images of a chiral molecule/ion are called enantiomers or optical isomers. Individual enantiomers are often designated as either right- or left-handed, Chirality is an essential consideration when discussing the stereochemistry in organic and inorganic chemistry. The concept is of practical importance because most biomolecules and pharmaceuticals are chiral. Chirality is based on molecular symmetry elements, specifically, a chiral compound can contain no improper axis of rotation, which includes planes of symmetry and inversion center. Chiral molecules are always dissymmetric but not always asymmetric, in general, chiral molecules have point chirality at a single stereogenic atom, which has four different substituents. The two enantiomers of such compounds are said to have different absolute configurations at this center, the stereogenic atom is usually carbon, as in many biological molecules. However chirality can exist in any atom, including metals, phosphorus, Chiral nitrogen is equally possible, although the effects of nitrogen inversion can make many of these compounds impossible to isolate. While the presence of a stereogenic atom describes the great majority of cases, for instance it is not necessary for the chiral substance to have a stereogenic atom. Examples include 1-bromo-1-chloro-1-fluoroadamantane, methylethylphenyltetrahedrane, certain calixarenes and fullerenes, which have inherent chirality, the C2-symmetric species 1, 1-bi-2-naphthol,1, 3-dichloro-allene have axial chirality. -cyclooctene and many ferrocenes have planar chirality, when the optical rotation for an enantiomer is too low for practical measurement, the species is said to exhibit cryptochirality. Even isotopic differences must be considered when examining chirality, illustrative is the derivative of benzyl alcohol PhCHDOH is chiral. The S enantiomer has D = +0. 715°, many biologically active molecules are chiral, including the naturally occurring amino acids and sugars. In biological systems, most of these compounds are of the chirality, most amino acids are levorotatory. Typical naturally occurring proteins, made of L amino acids, are known as left-handed proteins, d-amino acids are very rare in nature and have only been found in small peptides attached to bacteria cell walls. The origin of this homochirality in biology is the subject of much debate, however, there is some suggestion that early amino acids could have formed in comet dust. Enzymes, which are chiral, often distinguish between the two enantiomers of a chiral substrate, one could imagine an enzyme as having a glove-like cavity that binds a substrate
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Chlorophyll
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Chlorophyll is any of several closely related green pigments found in cyanobacteria and the chloroplasts of algae and plants. Its name is derived from the Greek words χλωρός, chloros and φύλλον, chlorophyll is essential in photosynthesis, allowing plants to absorb energy from light. Chlorophyll absorbs light most strongly in the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. Conversely, it is a poor absorber of green and near-green portions of the spectrum, chlorophyll molecules are specifically arranged in and around photosystems that are embedded in the thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts. Two types of chlorophyll exist in the photosystems of green plants, chlorophyll was first isolated and named by Joseph Bienaimé Caventou and Pierre Joseph Pelletier in 1817. Chlorophyll is vital for photosynthesis, which plants to absorb energy from light. Chlorophyll molecules are arranged in and around photosystems that are embedded in the thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts. In these complexes, chlorophyll serves two primary functions, the two currently accepted photosystem units are photosystem II and photosystem I, which have their own distinct reaction centres, named P680 and P700, respectively. These centres are named after the wavelength of their red-peak absorption maximum, the identity, function and spectral properties of the types of chlorophyll in each photosystem are distinct and determined by each other and the protein structure surrounding them. Once extracted from the protein into a solvent, these chlorophyll pigments can be separated into chlorophyll a, the function of the reaction center of chlorophyll is to absorb light energy and transfer it to other parts of the photosystem. The absorbed energy of the photon is transferred to an electron in a process called charge separation, the removal of the electron from the chlorophyll is an oxidation reaction. The chlorophyll donates the high energy electron to a series of molecular intermediates called a transport chain. The charged reaction center of chlorophyll is reduced back to its ground state by accepting an electron stripped from water. The electron that reduces P680+ ultimately comes from the oxidation of water into O2 and this reaction is how photosynthetic organisms such as plants produce O2 gas, and is the source for practically all the O2 in Earths atmosphere. Electron transfer reactions in the membranes are complex, however. NADPH is an agent used to reduce CO2 into sugars as well as other biosynthetic reactions. Thus, the other chlorophylls in the photosystem and antenna pigment proteins all cooperatively absorb, besides chlorophyll a, there are other pigments, called accessory pigments, which occur in these pigment–protein antenna complexes. Chlorophyll is a pigment, which is structurally similar to
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Tocopherol
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Tocopherols are a class of organic chemical compounds, many of which have vitamin E activity. Tocotrienols, which are related compounds, also have vitamin E activity, Vitamin E exists in eight different forms, four tocopherols and four tocotrienols. All feature a ring, with a hydroxyl group that can donate a hydrogen atom to reduce free radicals. Both the tocopherols and tocotrienols occur in α, β, γ and δ forms, determined by the number, the unsaturation of the tails gives tocotrienols only a single stereoisomeric carbon, whereas tocopherols have 3 centers. Each form has a different biological activity, in general, the unnatural l-isomers of tocotrienols lack almost all vitamin activity, and half of the possible 8 isomers of the tocopherols also lack vitamin activity. Of the stereoisomers which retain activity, increasing methylation, especially full methylation to the alpha-form, in tocopherols, this is due to the preference of the tocopherol binding protein for the alpha-tocopherol form of the vitamin. As a food additive, tocopherol is labeled with these E numbers, E306, E307, E308 and these are all approved in the USA, EU and Australia and New Zealand for use as antioxidants. Alpha-tocopherol is the form of vitamin E that is absorbed and accumulated in humans. The measurement of vitamin E activity in units was based on fertility enhancement by the prevention of miscarriages in pregnant rats relative to alpha-tocopherol. There are three stereocenters in alpha-tocopherol, so this is a chiral molecule, the eight stereoisomers of alpha-tocopherol differ in the arrangement of groups around these stereocenters. In the image of RRR-alpha-tocopherol below, all three stereocenters are in the R form, however, if the middle of the three stereocenters were changed, this would become the structure of RSR-alpha-tocopherol. These stereoisomers can also be named in an alternative older nomenclature,1 IU of tocopherol is defined as ⅔ milligrams of RRR-alpha-tocopherol. 1 IU is also defined as 1 milligram of a mix of the eight stereoisomers. This mix of stereoisomers is often called dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate, even though it is more precisely dl, dl, Tocotrienols, although less commonly known, also belong to the vitamin E family. Tocotrienols have four natural 2 d-isomers, tocotrienol has been subject to fewer clinical studies and seen less research as compared to tocopherol. However, there is growing interest in the effects of these compounds. During feeding experiments with rats Herbert McLean Evans concluded in 1922 that besides vitamins B and C, although every other nutrition was present, the rats were not fertile. This condition could be changed by additional feeding with wheat germ and it took several years until 1936 when the substance was isolated from wheat germ and the formula C29H50O2 was determined
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Alkene
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In organic chemistry, an alkene is an unsaturated hydrocarbon that contains at least one carbon–carbon double bond. The words alkene, olefin, and olefine are used often interchangeably, acyclic alkenes, with only one double bond and no other functional groups, known as mono-enes, form a homologous series of hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH2n. Alkenes have two hydrogen atoms less than the corresponding alkane, the simplest alkene, ethylene, with the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry name ethene, is the organic compound produced on the largest scale industrially. Aromatic compounds are drawn as cyclic alkenes, but their structure and properties are different. This double bond is stronger than a single covalent bond and also shorter, each carbon of the double bond uses its three sp2 hybrid orbitals to form sigma bonds to three atoms. The unhybridized 2p atomic orbitals, which lie perpendicular to the created by the axes of the three sp² hybrid orbitals, combine to form the pi bond. This bond lies outside the main C–C axis, with half of the bond on one side of the molecule, rotation about the carbon–carbon double bond is restricted because it incurs an energetic cost to break the alignment of the p orbitals on the two carbon atoms. As a consequence, substituted alkenes may exist as one of two isomers, called cis or trans isomers, more complex alkenes may be named with the E–Z notation for molecules with three or four different substituents. For example, of the isomers of butene, the two groups of -but-2-ene appear on the same side of the double bond, and in -but-2-ene the methyl groups appear on opposite sides. These two isomers of butene are slightly different in their chemical and physical properties, a 90° twist of the C=C bond requires less energy than the strength of a pi bond, and the bond still holds. This contradicts a common assertion that the p orbitals would be unable sustain such a bond. In truth, the misalignment of the p orbitals is less than expected because pyramidalization takes place, trans-Cyclooctene is a stable strained alkene and the orbital misalignment is only 19° with a dihedral angle of 137° and a degree of pyramidalization of 18°. The trans isomer of cycloheptene is stable only at low temperatures, as predicted by the VSEPR model of electron pair repulsion, the molecular geometry of alkenes includes bond angles about each carbon in a double bond of about 120°. The angle may vary because of steric strain introduced by nonbonded interactions between groups attached to the carbons of the double bond. For example, the C–C–C bond angle in propylene is 123. 9°, for bridged alkenes, Bredts rule states that a double bond cannot occur at the bridgehead of a bridged ring system unless the rings are large enough. The physical properties of alkenes and alkanes are similar and they are colourless, nonpolar, combustable, and almost odorless. The physical state depends on mass, like the corresponding saturated hydrocarbons, the simplest alkenes, ethene, propene. Linear alkenes of approximately five to sixteen carbons are liquids, Alkenes are relatively stable compounds, but are more reactive than alkanes, either because of the reactivity of the carbon–carbon pi-bond or the presence of allylic CH centers
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Aromaticity
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Aromatic molecules are very stable, and do not break apart easily to react with other substances. Organic compounds that are not aromatic are classified as aliphatic compounds—they might be cyclic, since the most common aromatic compounds are derivatives of benzene, the word “aromatic” occasionally refers informally to benzene derivatives, and so it was first defined. Nevertheless, many aromatic compounds exist. In living organisms, for example, the most common aromatic rings are the bases in RNA and DNA. An aromatic functional group or other substituent is called an aryl group, the earliest use of the term aromatic was in an article by August Wilhelm Hofmann in 1855. Hofmann used the term for a class of compounds, many of which have odors. In terms of the nature of the molecule, aromaticity describes a conjugated system often made of alternating single and double bonds in a ring. This configuration allows for the electrons in the pi system to be delocalized around the ring, increasing the molecules stability. The molecule cannot be represented by one structure, but rather a hybrid of different structures. These molecules cannot be found in one of these representations, with the longer single bonds in one location. Rather, the molecule exhibits bond lengths in between those of single and double bonds and this commonly seen model of aromatic rings, namely the idea that benzene was formed from a six-membered carbon ring with alternating single and double bonds, was developed by August Kekulé. The model for benzene consists of two forms, which corresponds to the double and single bonds superimposing to produce six one-and-a-half bonds. Benzene is a stable molecule than would be expected without accounting for charge delocalization. As is standard for resonance diagrams, the use of an arrow indicates that two structures are not distinct entities but merely hypothetical possibilities. Neither is a representation of the actual compound, which is best represented by a hybrid of these structures. A C=C bond is shorter than a C−C bond, but benzene is perfectly hexagonal—all six carbon–carbon bonds have the same length, intermediate between that of a single and that of a double bond. In a cyclic molecule with three alternating double bonds, cyclohexatriene, the length of the single bond would be 1.54 Å. However, in a molecule of benzene, the length of each of the bonds is 1.40 Å, a better representation is that of the circular π-bond, in which the electron density is evenly distributed through a π-bond above and below the ring
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Gas
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Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter. A pure gas may be made up of atoms, elemental molecules made from one type of atom. A gas mixture would contain a variety of pure gases much like the air, what distinguishes a gas from liquids and solids is the vast separation of the individual gas particles. This separation usually makes a colorless gas invisible to the human observer, the interaction of gas particles in the presence of electric and gravitational fields are considered negligible as indicated by the constant velocity vectors in the image. One type of commonly known gas is steam, the gaseous state of matter is found between the liquid and plasma states, the latter of which provides the upper temperature boundary for gases. Bounding the lower end of the temperature scale lie degenerative quantum gases which are gaining increasing attention, high-density atomic gases super cooled to incredibly low temperatures are classified by their statistical behavior as either a Bose gas or a Fermi gas. For a comprehensive listing of these states of matter see list of states of matter. The only chemical elements which are stable multi atom homonuclear molecules at temperature and pressure, are hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen. These gases, when grouped together with the noble gases. Alternatively they are known as molecular gases to distinguish them from molecules that are also chemical compounds. The word gas is a neologism first used by the early 17th-century Flemish chemist J. B. van Helmont, according to Paracelsuss terminology, chaos meant something like ultra-rarefied water. An alternative story is that Van Helmonts word is corrupted from gahst and these four characteristics were repeatedly observed by scientists such as Robert Boyle, Jacques Charles, John Dalton, Joseph Gay-Lussac and Amedeo Avogadro for a variety of gases in various settings. Their detailed studies ultimately led to a relationship among these properties expressed by the ideal gas law. Gas particles are separated from one another, and consequently have weaker intermolecular bonds than liquids or solids. These intermolecular forces result from interactions between gas particles. Like-charged areas of different gas particles repel, while oppositely charged regions of different gas particles attract one another, transient, randomly induced charges exist across non-polar covalent bonds of molecules and electrostatic interactions caused by them are referred to as Van der Waals forces. The interaction of these forces varies within a substance which determines many of the physical properties unique to each gas. A comparison of boiling points for compounds formed by ionic and covalent bonds leads us to this conclusion, the drifting smoke particles in the image provides some insight into low pressure gas behavior
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Propane
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Propane is a three-carbon alkane with the molecular formula C3H8, a gas, at standard temperature and pressure, but compressible to a transportable liquid. A by-product of natural gas processing and petroleum refining, it is used as a fuel for engines, oxy-gas torches, portable stoves. Propane is one of a group of liquefied petroleum gases, the others include butane, propylene, butadiene, butylene, isobutylene, and mixtures thereof. Propane was first identified as a component in gasoline by Walter O. Snelling of the U. S. Bureau of Mines in 1910. The volatility of these lighter hydrocarbons caused them to be known as wild because of the vapor pressures of unrefined gasoline. On March 31, the New York Times reported on Snellings work with liquefied gas and that a steel bottle will carry enough gas to light an ordinary home for three weeks. It was during this time that Snelling, in cooperation with Frank P. Peterson, Chester Kerr, together, they established American Gasol Co. the first commercial marketer of propane. Snelling had produced relatively pure propane by 1911, and on March 25,1913, a separate method of producing LP gas through compression was created by Frank Peterson and its patent granted on July 2,1912. The 1920s saw increased production of LP gas, with the first year of recorded production totaling 223,000 US gallons in 1922. In 1927, annual marketed LP gas production reached 1 million US gallons, and by 1935, major industry developments in the 1930s included the introduction of railroad tank car transport, gas odorization, and the construction of local bottle-filling plants. The year 1945 marked the first year that annual LP gas sales reached a billion gallons, by 1947, 62% of all U. S. homes had been equipped with either natural gas or propane for cooking. In 1950,1,000 propane-fueled buses were ordered by the Chicago Transit Authority, in 2004 it was reported to be a growing $8-billion to $10-billion industry with over 15 billion US gallons of propane being used annually in the U. S. The prop- root found in propane and names of compounds with three-carbon chains was derived from propionic acid. Propane is produced as a by-product of two processes, natural gas processing and petroleum refining. The processing of natural gas involves removal of butane, propane, additionally, oil refineries produce some propane as a by-product of cracking petroleum into gasoline or heating oil. The supply of propane cannot easily be adjusted to meet increased demand, about 90% of U. S. propane is domestically produced. The United States imports about 10% of the propane consumed each year, with about 70% of that coming from Canada via pipeline, the remaining 30% of imported propane comes to the United States from other sources via ocean transport. After it is produced, North American propane is stored in salt caverns
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Liquid
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A liquid is a nearly incompressible fluid that conforms to the shape of its container but retains a constant volume independent of pressure. As such, it is one of the four states of matter. A liquid is made up of tiny vibrating particles of matter, such as atoms, water is, by far, the most common liquid on Earth. Like a gas, a liquid is able to flow and take the shape of a container, most liquids resist compression, although others can be compressed. Unlike a gas, a liquid does not disperse to fill every space of a container, a distinctive property of the liquid state is surface tension, leading to wetting phenomena. The density of a liquid is usually close to that of a solid, therefore, liquid and solid are both termed condensed matter. On the other hand, as liquids and gases share the ability to flow, although liquid water is abundant on Earth, this state of matter is actually the least common in the known universe, because liquids require a relatively narrow temperature/pressure range to exist. Most known matter in the universe is in form as interstellar clouds or in plasma form within stars. Liquid is one of the four states of matter, with the others being solid, gas. Unlike a solid, the molecules in a liquid have a greater freedom to move. The forces that bind the molecules together in a solid are only temporary in a liquid, a liquid, like a gas, displays the properties of a fluid. A liquid can flow, assume the shape of a container, if liquid is placed in a bag, it can be squeezed into any shape. These properties make a suitable for applications such as hydraulics. Liquid particles are bound firmly but not rigidly and they are able to move around one another freely, resulting in a limited degree of particle mobility. As the temperature increases, the vibrations of the molecules causes distances between the molecules to increase. When a liquid reaches its point, the cohesive forces that bind the molecules closely together break. If the temperature is decreased, the distances between the molecules become smaller, only two elements are liquid at standard conditions for temperature and pressure, mercury and bromine. Four more elements have melting points slightly above room temperature, francium, caesium, gallium and rubidium, metal alloys that are liquid at room temperature include NaK, a sodium-potassium metal alloy, galinstan, a fusible alloy liquid, and some amalgams
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Benzene
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Benzene is an important organic chemical compound with the chemical formula C6H6. The benzene molecule is composed of 6 carbon atoms joined in a ring with 1 hydrogen atom attached to each, because it contains only carbon and hydrogen atoms, benzene is classed as a hydrocarbon. Benzene is a constituent of crude oil and is one of the elementary petrochemicals. Because of the cyclic continuous pi bond between the atoms, benzene is classed as an aromatic hydrocarbon, the second -annulene. Benzene is a colorless and highly flammable liquid with a sweet smell and it is used primarily as a precursor to the manufacture of chemicals with more complex structure, such as ethylbenzene and cumene, of which billions of kilograms are produced. Because benzene has a high number, it is an important component of gasoline. Because benzene is a carcinogen, most non-industrial applications have been limited. The word benzene derives historically from gum benzoin, a resin known to European pharmacists. An acidic material was derived from benzoin by sublimation, and named flowers of benzoin, the hydrocarbon derived from benzoic acid thus acquired the name benzin, benzol, or benzene. Michael Faraday first isolated and identified benzene in 1825 from the oily residue derived from the production of illuminating gas, in 1833, Eilhard Mitscherlich produced it by distilling benzoic acid and lime. He gave the compound the name benzin, in 1845, Charles Mansfield, working under August Wilhelm von Hofmann, isolated benzene from coal tar. Four years later, Mansfield began the first industrial-scale production of benzene, gradually, the sense developed among chemists that a number of substances were chemically related to benzene, comprising a diverse chemical family. In 1855, Hofmann used the word aromatic to designate this family relationship, in 1997, benzene was detected in deep space. The empirical formula for benzene was known, but its highly polyunsaturated structure. In 1865, the German chemist Friedrich August Kekulé published a paper in French suggesting that the structure contained a ring of six carbon atoms with alternating single and double bonds, the next year he published a much longer paper in German on the same subject. Kekulés symmetrical ring could explain these facts, as well as benzenes 1,1 carbon-hydrogen ratio. Here Kekulé spoke of the creation of the theory and he said that he had discovered the ring shape of the benzene molecule after having a reverie or day-dream of a snake seizing its own tail. This vision, he said, came to him years of studying the nature of carbon-carbon bonds
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Wax
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Waxes are a diverse class of organic compounds that are hydrophobic, malleable solids near ambient temperatures. They include higher alkanes and lipids, typically with melting points above about 40 °C, waxes are insoluble in water but soluble in organic, nonpolar solvents. Natural waxes of different types are produced by plants and animals, waxes are organic compounds that characteristically consist of long alkyl chains. They may also include various groups such as fatty acids, primary and secondary long chain alcohols, unsaturated bonds, aromatics, amides, ketones. They frequently contain fatty acid esters as well, synthetic waxes are often long-chain hydrocarbons that lack functional groups. Waxes are synthesized by plants and animals. Those of animal origin typically consist of wax esters derived from a variety of carboxylic acids, in waxes of plant origin characteristic mixtures of unesterified hydrocarbons may predominate over esters. The composition depends not only on species, but also on location of the organism. The most commonly known animal wax is beeswax, but other insects secrete waxes, a major component of the beeswax used in constructing honeycombs is the ester myricyl palmitate which is an ester of triacontanol and palmitic acid. Its melting point is 62-65 °C, spermaceti occurs in large amounts in the head oil of the sperm whale. One of its constituents is cetyl palmitate, another ester of a fatty acid. Lanolin is a wax obtained from wool, consisting of esters of sterols, plants secrete waxes into and on the surface of their cuticles as a way to control evaporation, wettability and hydration. From the commercial perspective, the most important plant wax is carnauba wax, containing the ester myricyl cerotate, it has many applications, such as confectionery and other food coatings, car and furniture polish, floss coating, and surfboard wax. Other more specialized vegetable waxes include candelilla wax and ouricury wax, plant and animal based waxes or oils can undergo selective chemical modifications to produce waxes with more desirable properties than are available in the unmodified starting material. This approach has relied on green chemistry approaches including olefin metathesis and enzymatic reactions, although many natural waxes contain esters, paraffin waxes are hydrocarbons, mixtures of alkanes usually in a homologous series of chain lengths. These materials represent a significant fraction of petroleum and they are refined by vacuum distillation. Paraffin waxes are mixtures of saturated n- and iso- alkanes, naphthenes, a typical alkane paraffin wax chemical composition comprises hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH2n+2, such as Hentriacontane, C31H64. The degree of branching has an important influence on the properties, millions of tons of paraffin waxes are produced annually
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Solid
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Solid is one of the four fundamental states of matter. It is characterized by structural rigidity and resistance to changes of shape or volume, unlike a liquid, a solid object does not flow to take on the shape of its container, nor does it expand to fill the entire volume available to it like a gas does. The atoms in a solid are tightly bound to other, either in a regular geometric lattice or irregularly. The branch of physics deals with solids is called solid-state physics. Materials science is concerned with the physical and chemical properties of solids. Solid-state chemistry is concerned with the synthesis of novel materials, as well as the science of identification. The atoms, molecules or ions which make up solids may be arranged in a repeating pattern. Materials whose constituents are arranged in a regular pattern are known as crystals, in some cases, the regular ordering can continue unbroken over a large scale, for example diamonds, where each diamond is a single crystal. Almost all common metals, and many ceramics, are polycrystalline, in other materials, there is no long-range order in the position of the atoms. These solids are known as amorphous solids, examples include polystyrene, whether a solid is crystalline or amorphous depends on the material involved, and the conditions in which it was formed. Solids which are formed by slow cooling will tend to be crystalline, likewise, the specific crystal structure adopted by a crystalline solid depends on the material involved and on how it was formed. While many common objects, such as an ice cube or a coin, are chemically identical throughout, for example, a typical rock is an aggregate of several different minerals and mineraloids, with no specific chemical composition. Wood is an organic material consisting primarily of cellulose fibers embedded in a matrix of organic lignin. In materials science, composites of more than one constituent material can be designed to have desired properties, the forces between the atoms in a solid can take a variety of forms. For example, a crystal of sodium chloride is made up of sodium and chlorine. In diamond or silicon, the atoms share electrons and form covalent bonds, in metals, electrons are shared in metallic bonding. Some solids, particularly most organic compounds, are together with van der Waals forces resulting from the polarization of the electronic charge cloud on each molecule. The dissimilarities between the types of solid result from the differences between their bonding, metals typically are strong, dense, and good conductors of both electricity and heat
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Paraffin wax
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Paraffin wax is a white or colourless soft solid derivable from petroleum, coal or oil shale, that consists of a mixture of hydrocarbon molecules containing between twenty and forty carbon atoms. It is solid at room temperature and begins to melt above approximately 37 °C, common applications for paraffin wax include lubrication, electrical insulation, and candles, dyed paraffin wax can be made into crayons. It is distinct from kerosene, another product that is sometimes called paraffin. Paraffin candles are odorless, and bluish-white in color, paraffin wax was first created in the 1850s, and marked a major advancement in candlemaking technology, as it burned more cleanly and reliably than tallow candles, and was cheaper to produce. In chemistry, paraffin is used synonymously with alkane, indicating hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH2n+2, the name is derived from Latin parum + affinis, meaning lacking affinity or lacking reactivity, referring to paraffins unreactive nature. Paraffin wax is mostly found as a white, odorless, tasteless, waxy solid and it is insoluble in water, but soluble in ether, benzene, and certain esters. Paraffin is unaffected by most common chemical reagents but burns readily and its heat of combustion is 42 kJ/g. Paraffin wax is an excellent electrical insulator, with a resistivity of between 1013 and 1017 ohm metre and this is better than nearly all other materials except some plastics. It is a neutron moderator and was used in James Chadwicks 1932 experiments to identify the neutron. Paraffin wax is an excellent material for storing heat, with a heat capacity of 2. 14–2.9 J g−1 K−1. Paraffin wax phase-change cooling coupled with retractable radiators was used to cool the electronics of the Lunar Rover, wax expands considerably when it melts and this allows its use in wax thermostatic element thermostats for industrial, domestic and, particularly, automobile purposes. Paraffin wax was first created in the 1850s when chemists first developed the means to efficiently separate, paraffin represented a major advance in the candlemaking industry because it burned more cleanly and reliably, and was cheaper to manufacture than any other candle fuel. Paraffin wax initially suffered from having a low melting point, however, the production of paraffin wax enjoyed a boom in the early 20th century as a result of the growth of the meatpacking and oil industries, which created paraffin and stearic acid as byproducts. The feedstock for paraffin is slack wax, which is a mixture of oil and wax, the first step in making paraffin wax is to remove the oil from the slack wax. The oil is separated through crystallization, most commonly, the slack wax is heated, mixed with one or more solvents such as a ketone and then cooled. As it cools wax crystallizes out of the solution, leaving only oil in the solution and this mixture is filtered into two streams, solid and liquid. After the solvent is recovered by distillation, the products are called product wax. The lower the percentage of oil in the wax the more refined it is considered, the product wax may be further processed to remove colors and odors
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Naphthalene
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Naphthalene is an organic compound with formula C 10H8. It is the simplest polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, and is a crystalline solid with a characteristic odor that is detectable at concentrations as low as 0.08 ppm by mass. As an aromatic hydrocarbon, naphthalenes structure consists of a pair of benzene rings. It is best known as the ingredient of traditional mothballs. In the early 1820s, two separate reports described a white solid with a pungent odor derived from the distillation of coal tar, in 1821, John Kidd cited these two disclosures and then described many of this substances properties and the means of its production. He proposed the name naphthaline, as it had been derived from a kind of naphtha, naphthalenes chemical formula was determined by Michael Faraday in 1826. The structure of two fused benzene rings was proposed by Emil Erlenmeyer in 1866, and confirmed by Carl Gräbe three years later, a naphthalene molecule can be viewed as the fusion of a pair of benzene rings. As such, naphthalene is classified as a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon. There are two sets of equivalent hydrogen atoms, the positions are numbered 1,4,5, and 8, and the beta positions,2,3,6. Unlike benzene, the bonds in naphthalene are not of the same length. The bonds C1−C2, C3−C4, C5−C6 and C7−C8 are about 1.37 Å in length and this difference, established by X-ray diffraction, is consistent with the valence bond model in naphthalene and in particular, with the theorem of cross-conjugation. This theorem would describe naphthalene as an aromatic benzene unit bonded to a diene, as such, naphthalene possesses several resonance structures. Two isomers are possible for mono-substituted naphthalenes, corresponding to substitution at an alpha or beta position, bicyclodecapentaene is a structural isomer with a fused 4–8 ring system. In electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions, naphthalene reacts more readily than benzene, for example, chlorination and bromination of naphthalene proceeds without a catalyst to give 1-chloronaphthalene and 1-bromonaphthalene, respectively. In terms of regiochemistry, electrophiles attack occurs at the alpha position, for beta substitution, the intermediate has only six resonance structures, and only two of these are aromatic. Sulfonation, however, gives a mixture of the alpha product 1-naphthalenesulfonic acid, the 1-isomer forms predominantly at 25 °C, and the 2-isomer at 160 °C. Sulfonation to give the 1- and 2-sulfonic acid occurs readily, H 2SO4 + C 10H8 → C 10H 7−SO 3H + H 2O Further sulfonation occurs to give di-, tri- and these 1, 8-dilithio derivatives are precursors to a host of peri-naphthalene derivatives. With alkali metals, naphthalene forms the dark blue-green radical anion salts such as sodium naphthalenide, the naphthalenide salts are strong reducing agents
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Polymer
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A polymer is a large molecule, or macromolecule, composed of many repeated subunits. Because of their range of properties, both synthetic and natural polymers play an essential and ubiquitous role in everyday life. Polymers range from familiar synthetic plastics such as polystyrene to natural biopolymers such as DNA and proteins that are fundamental to biological structure, Polymers, both natural and synthetic, are created via polymerization of many small molecules, known as monomers. The units composing polymers derive, actually or conceptually, from molecules of low molecular mass. The term was coined in 1833 by Jöns Jacob Berzelius, though with a distinct from the modern IUPAC definition. The modern concept of polymers as covalently bonded macromolecular structures was proposed in 1920 by Hermann Staudinger, Polymers are studied in the fields of biophysics and macromolecular science, and polymer science. Polyisoprene of latex rubber is an example of a polymer. In biological contexts, essentially all biological macromolecules—i. e, proteins, nucleic acids, and polysaccharides—are purely polymeric, or are composed in large part of polymeric components—e. g. Isoprenylated/lipid-modified glycoproteins, where small molecules and oligosaccharide modifications occur on the polyamide backbone of the protein. The simplest theoretical models for polymers are ideal chains, Polymers are of two types, Natural polymeric materials such as shellac, amber, wool, silk and natural rubber have been used for centuries. A variety of natural polymers exist, such as cellulose. Most commonly, the continuously linked backbone of a used for the preparation of plastics consists mainly of carbon atoms. A simple example is polyethylene, whose repeating unit is based on ethylene monomer, however, other structures do exist, for example, elements such as silicon form familiar materials such as silicones, examples being Silly Putty and waterproof plumbing sealant. Oxygen is also present in polymer backbones, such as those of polyethylene glycol, polysaccharides. Polymerization is the process of combining many small molecules known as monomers into a covalently bonded chain or network, during the polymerization process, some chemical groups may be lost from each monomer. This is the case, for example, in the polymerization of PET polyester, the distinct piece of each monomer that is incorporated into the polymer is known as a repeat unit or monomer residue. Laboratory synthetic methods are divided into two categories, step-growth polymerization and chain-growth polymerization. However, some methods such as plasma polymerization do not fit neatly into either category
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Polypropylene
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An addition polymer made from the monomer propylene, it is rugged and unusually resistant to many chemical solvents, bases and acids. Polypropylene has a relatively low energy surface that means that many common glues will not form adequate joints. Joining of polypropylene is often done using welding processes, in 2013, the global market for polypropylene was about 55 million tonnes. Polypropylene is the worlds second-most widely produced synthetic plastic, after polyethylene, Polypropylene is in many aspects similar to polyethylene, especially in solution behaviour and electrical properties. The additionally present methyl group improves mechanical properties and thermal resistance, the properties of polypropylene depend on the molecular weight and molecular weight distribution, crystallinity, type and proportion of comonomer and the isotacticity. In isotactic polypropylene, for example, the CH3 groups are oriented on one side of the carbon backbone and this creates a greater degree of crystallinity and results in a stiffer material that is more resistant to creep than both atactic polypropylene and polyethylene. The density of PP is between 0.895 and 0.92 g/cm³, therefore, PP is the commodity plastic with the lowest density. With lower density, moldings parts with lower weight and more parts of a mass of plastic can be produced. Unlike polyethylene, crystalline and amorphous regions differ only slightly in their density, however, the density of polyethylene can significantly change with fillers. The Youngs modulus of PP is between 1300 and 1800 N/mm², Polypropylene is normally tough and flexible, especially when copolymerized with ethylene. This allows polypropylene to be used as a plastic, competing with materials such as acrylonitrile butadiene styrene. Polypropylene has good resistance to fatigue, the melting point of polypropylene occurs at a range, so a melting point is determined by finding the highest temperature of a differential scanning calorimetry chart. Perfectly isotactic PP has a point of 171 °C. Commercial isotactic PP has a point that ranges from 160 to 166 °C, depending on atactic material. Syndiotactic PP with a crystallinity of 30% has a point of 130 °C. Below 0 °C, PP becomes brittle, the thermal expansion of polypropylene is very large, but somewhat less than that of polyethylene. Polypropylene is at room temperature resistant to fats and almost all organic solvents, non-oxidizing acids and bases can be stored in containers made of PP. At elevated temperature, PP can be dissolved in nonpolarity solvents such as xylene, due to the tertiary carbon atom PP is chemically less resistant than PE
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Polystyrene
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Polystyrene /ˌpɒliˈstaɪriːn/ is a synthetic aromatic polymer made from the monomer styrene. Polystyrene can be solid or foamed, general-purpose polystyrene is clear, hard, and rather brittle. It is an inexpensive resin per unit weight and it is a rather poor barrier to oxygen and water vapor and has a relatively low melting point. Polystyrene is one of the most widely used plastics, the scale of its production being several million tonnes per year, Polystyrene can be naturally transparent, but can be colored with colorants. Uses include protective packaging, containers, lids, bottles, trays, tumblers, as a thermoplastic polymer, polystyrene is in a solid state at room temperature but flows if heated above about 100 °C, its glass transition temperature. It becomes rigid again when cooled and this temperature behavior is exploited for extrusion and also for molding and vacuum forming, since it can be cast into molds with fine detail. Polystyrene is very slow to biodegrade and is therefore a focus of controversy among environmentalists, Polystyrene was discovered in 1839 by Eduard Simon, an apothecary from Berlin. From storax, the resin of the American sweetgum tree Liquidambar styraciflua, he distilled an oily substance, several days later, Simon found that the styrol had thickened into a jelly he dubbed styrol oxide because he presumed an oxidation. By 1845 Jamaican-born chemist John Buddle Blyth and German chemist August Wilhelm von Hofmann showed that the transformation of styrol took place in the absence of oxygen. They called the product metastyrol, analysis showed that it was identical to Simons Styroloxyd. In 1866 Marcelin Berthelot correctly identified the formation of metastyrol/Styroloxyd from styrol as a polymerization process, about 80 years later it was realized that heating of styrol starts a chain reaction that produces macromolecules, following the thesis of German organic chemist Hermann Staudinger. This eventually led to the substance receiving its present name, polystyrene, the company I. G. Farben began manufacturing polystyrene in Ludwigshafen, about 1931, hoping it would be a suitable replacement for die-cast zinc in many applications. Success was achieved when they developed a reactor vessel that extruded polystyrene through a tube and cutter. In 1941, Dow Chemical invented a Styrofoam process, before 1949, the chemical engineer Fritz Stastny developed pre-expanded PS beads by incorporating aliphatic hydrocarbons, such as pentane. These beads are the raw material for moulding parts or extruding sheets, BASF and Stastny applied for a patent that was issued in 1949. The moulding process was demonstrated at the Kunststoff Messe 1952 in Düsseldorf, the crystal structure of isotactic polystyrene was reported by Giulio Natta. In 1954, the Koppers Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, developed expanded polystyrene foam under the trade name Dylite, in 1960, Dart Container, the largest manufacturer of foam cups, shipped their first order. In 1988, the first U. S. ban of general polystyrene foam was enacted in Berkeley, in chemical terms, polystyrene is a long chain hydrocarbon wherein alternating carbon centers are attached to phenyl groups
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Cyclohexane
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Cyclohexane is a cycloalkane with the molecular formula C6H12. Cyclohexane is mainly used for the production of adipic acid and caprolactam. Cyclohexane is a colourless, flammable liquid with a distinctive detergent-like odor, on an industrial scale, cyclohexane is produced by hydrogenation of benzene. Producers of cyclohexane accounts for approximately 11. 4% of global demand for benzene, the reaction is highly exothermic, with ΔH =216.37 kJ/mol). Dehydrogenation commenced noticeably above 300 °C, reflecting the favorable entropy for dehydrogenation, unlike benzene, cyclohexane is not easily obtained from natural resources such as coal. For this reason, early investigators synthesized their cyclohexane samples, in 1867 Marcellin Berthelot reduced benzene with hydroiodic acid at elevated temperatures. In 1894 Baeyer synthesized cyclohexane starting with a Dieckmann condensation of pimelic acid followed by multiple reductions, In the same year E. Haworth, perkin Jr. prepared it via a Wurtz reaction of 1, 6-dibromohexane. Cyclohexane is rather unreactive, being a non-polar, hydrophobic hydrocarbon and it reacts with superacids, such as HF + SbF5, which will lead to cracking. Substituted cyclohexanes, however, may be reactive under a variety of conditions, commercially most of cyclohexane produced is converted into cyclohexanone–cyclohexanol mixture by catalytic oxidation. KA oil is used as a raw material for adipic acid. It is used as a solvent in some brands of correction fluid, cyclohexane is sometimes used as an organic solvent. Cyclohexane is also used for calibration of differential scanning calorimetry instruments, cyclohexane vapour is used in vacuum carburizing furnaces, in heat treating equipment manufacture. The 6-vertex edge ring does not conform to the shape of a perfect hexagon, therefore, to reduce torsional strain, cyclohexane adopts a three-dimensional structure known as the chair conformation. There are also two other intermediate conformers, half chair, which is the most unstable conformer, and twist boat and this was first proposed as early as 1890 by Hermann Sachse, but only gained widespread acceptance much later. The new conformation puts the carbons at an angle of 109. 5°, half of the hydrogens are in the plane of the ring while the other half are perpendicular to the plane. This conformation allows for the most stable structure of cyclohexane, another conformation of cyclohexane exists, known as boat conformation, but it interconverts to the slightly more stable chair formation. If cyclohexane is mono-substituted with a substituent, then the substituent will most likely be found attached in an equatorial position. Cyclohexane has the lowest angle and torsional strain of all the cycloalkanes, the high-temperature phase I, stable between 186 K and the melting point 280 K, is a plastic crystal, which means the molecules retain some rotational degree of freedom
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Ring strain
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In organic chemistry, ring strain is a type of instability that exists when bonds in a molecule form angles that are abnormal. Strain is most commonly discussed for small rings such as cyclopropanes and cyclobutanes, because of their high strain, the heat of combustion for these small rings is elevated. Ring strain results from a combination of angle strain, conformational strain or Pitzer strain, the simplest examples of angle strain are small cycloalkanes such as cyclopropane and cyclobutane. Furthermore, there is often eclipsing in cyclic systems which cannot be relieved, in alkanes, optimum overlap of atomic orbitals is achieved at 109. 5°. The most common compounds have five or six carbons in their ring. Adolf von Baeyer received a Nobel Prize in 1905 for the discovery of the Baeyer strain theory, angle strain occurs when bond angles deviate from the ideal bond angles to achieve maximum bond strength in a specific chemical conformation. Angle strain typically affects cyclic molecules, which lack the flexibility of acyclic molecules, angle strain destabilizes a molecule, as manifested in higher reactivity and elevated heat of combustion. Maximum bond strength results from effective overlap of orbitals in a chemical bond. A quantitative measure for angle strain is strain energy, angle strain and torsional strain combine to create ring strain that affects cyclic molecules. ΔHcombustion per CH2 -658.6 kJ = strain per CH2 The value 658.6 kJ per mole is obtained from an unstrained long-chain alkane, cyclic alkenes are subject to strain resulting from distortion of the sp2-hybridized carbon centers. Illustrative is C60 where the centres are pyramidalized. This distortion enhances the reactivity of this molecule, angle strain also is the basis of Bredts rule which dictates that bridgehead carbon centers are not incorporated in alkenes because the resulting alkene would be subject to extreme angle strain. In cycloalkanes, each carbon is bonded nonpolar covalently to two carbons and two hydrogen, the carbons have sp3 hybrization and should have ideal bond angles of 109. 5°. Due to the limitations of cyclic structure, however, the angle is only achieved in a six carbon ring — cyclohexane in chair conformation. For other cycloalkanes, the bond angles deviate from ideal, in cyclopropanes and cyclobutanes the C-C bonds are 60° and ~90° respectively. These molecules have bond angles between ring atoms which are more acute than the tetrahedral and trigonal planar bond angles required by their respective sp3. Because of the bond angles, the bonds have higher energy. In addition, the structures of cyclopropanes/enes and cyclclobutanes/enes offer very little conformational flexibility
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Valence bond theory
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In chemistry, valence bond theory is one of two basic theories, along with molecular orbital theory, that were developed to use the methods of quantum mechanics to explain chemical bonding. It focuses on how the orbitals of the dissociated atoms combine to give individual chemical bonds when a molecule is formed. In contrast, molecular orbital theory has orbitals that cover the whole molecule, in 1916, G. N. Lewis proposed that a chemical bond forms by the interaction of two shared bonding electrons, with the representation of molecules as Lewis structures. In 1927 the Heitler–London theory was formulated which for the first time enabled the calculation of bonding properties of the hydrogen molecule H2 based on quantum mechanical considerations. Specifically, Walter Heitler determined how to use Schrödingers wave equation to show how two hydrogen atom wavefunctions join together, with plus, minus, and exchange terms, to form a covalent bond. He then called up his associate Fritz London and they worked out the details of the theory over the course of the night. Later, Linus Pauling used the pair bonding ideas of Lewis together with Heitler–London theory to two other key concepts in VB theory, resonance and orbital hybridization. Resonance theory was criticized as imperfect by Soviet chemists during the 1950s, according to this theory a covalent bond is formed between the two atoms by the overlap of half filled valence atomic orbitals of each atom containing one unpaired electron. A valence bond structure is similar to a Lewis structure, but where a single Lewis structure cannot be written, each of these VB structures represents a specific Lewis structure. This combination of valence bond structures is the point of resonance theory. Valence bond theory considers that the atomic orbitals of the participating atoms form a chemical bond. Because of the overlapping, it is most probable that electrons should be in the bond region, valence bond theory views bonds as weakly coupled orbitals. Valence bond theory is typically easier to employ in ground state molecules, the inner-shell orbitals and electrons remain essentially unchanged during the formation of bonds. The overlapping atomic orbitals can differ, the two types of overlapping orbitals are sigma and pi. Sigma bonds occur when the orbitals of two shared electrons overlap head-to-head, pi bonds occur when two orbitals overlap when they are parallel. For example, a bond between two electrons is a sigma bond, because two spheres are always coaxial. In terms of order, single bonds have one sigma bond, double bonds consist of one sigma bond and one pi bond. However, the orbitals for bonding may be hybrids
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Dative bonding
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A coordinate covalent bond, also known as a dative bond or coordinate bond is a kind of 2-center, 2-electron covalent bond in which the two electrons derive from the same atom. The bonding of ions to ligands involves this kind of interaction. In all metal aquo complexes x+, the bonding between water and the cation is described as a coordinate covalent bond. Metal-ligand interactions in most organometallic compounds and most coordination compounds are described similarly, R 3N → O The arrow → indicates that both electrons in the bond originate from the amine moiety. In a standard covalent bond each atom contributes one electron, in reality, the atoms carry fractional charges, the more electronegative atom of the two involved in the bond will usually carry a fractional negative charge. One exception to this is carbon monoxide, in this case, the carbon atom carries the fractional negative charge despite its being less electronegative than oxygen. In forming the adduct, the boron atom attains an octet configuration, the electronic structure of a coordination complex can be described in terms of the set of ligands each donating a pair of electrons to a metal centre. For example, in Hexaamminecobalt chloride, each ammonia ligand donates its pair of electrons to the cobalt ion. In this case, the bonds formed are described as coordinate bonds, in all cases the bond is a covalent bond. The prefix dipolar, dative or coordinate merely serves to indicate the origin of the used in creating the bond
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Hydrophobic
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In chemistry, hydrophobicity is the physical property of a molecule that is seemingly repelled from a mass of water. In contrast, hydrophiles are attracted to water, Hydrophobic molecules tend to be nonpolar and, thus, prefer other neutral molecules and nonpolar solvents. Because water molecules are polar, hydrophobes do not dissolve well among them, Hydrophobic molecules in water often cluster together, forming micelles. Water on hydrophobic surfaces will exhibit a high contact angle, examples of hydrophobic molecules include the alkanes, oils, fats, and greasy substances in general. Hydrophobic materials are used for oil removal from water, the management of oil spills, Hydrophobic is often used interchangeably with lipophilic, fat-loving. However, the two terms are not synonymous, while hydrophobic substances are usually lipophilic, there are exceptions—such as the silicones and fluorocarbons. The term hydrophobe comes from the Ancient Greek ὑδρόφοβος, having a horror of water, constructed from ὕδωρ, water, thus, the two immiscible phases will change so that their corresponding interfacial area will be minimal. This effect can be visualized in the phenomenon called phase separation, Superhydrophobic surfaces, such as the leaves of the lotus plant, are those that are extremely difficult to wet. The contact angles of a water droplet exceeds 150° and the angle is less than 10°. This is referred to as the Lotus effect, and is primarily a physical property related to interfacial tension, in 1805, Thomas Young defined the contact angle θ by analyzing the forces acting on a fluid droplet resting on a solid surface surrounded by a gas. Wenzels equation shows that microstructuring a surface amplifies the natural tendency of the surface, a hydrophobic surface becomes more hydrophobic when microstructured – its new contact angle becomes greater than the original. However, a hydrophilic surface becomes more hydrophilic when microstructured – its new contact angle less than the original. Liquid in the Cassie–Baxter state is more mobile than in the Wenzel state and we can predict whether the Wenzel or Cassie–Baxter state should exist by calculating the new contact angle with both equations. By a minimization of free energy argument, the relation that predicted the new contact angle is the state most likely to exist. Stated in mathematical terms, for the Cassie–Baxter state to exist, a new criterion for the switch between Wenzel and Cassie-Baxter states has been developed recently based on surface roughness and surface energy. Contact angle is a measure of static hydrophobicity, and contact angle hysteresis, contact angle hysteresis is a phenomenon that characterizes surface heterogeneity. When a pipette injects a liquid onto a solid, the liquid will form some contact angle, as the pipette injects more liquid, the droplet will increase in volume, the contact angle will increase, but its three-phase boundary will remain stationary until it suddenly advances outward. The contact angle the droplet had immediately before advancing outward is termed the advancing contact angle, the receding contact angle is now measured by pumping the liquid back out of the droplet
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Lipid
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In biology, lipids comprise a group of naturally occurring molecules that include fats, waxes, sterols, fat-soluble vitamins, monoglycerides, diglycerides, triglycerides, phospholipids, and others. The main biological functions of lipids include storing energy, signaling, lipids have applications in the cosmetic and food industries as well as in nanotechnology. Biological lipids originate entirely or in part from two types of biochemical subunits or building-blocks, ketoacyl and isoprene groups. Although the term lipid is sometimes used as a synonym for fats, fats are a subgroup of lipids called triglycerides, lipids also encompass molecules such as fatty acids and their derivatives, as well as other sterol-containing metabolites such as cholesterol. Although humans and other mammals use various biosynthetic pathways both to break down and to synthesize lipids, some essential lipids cannot be made this way, the word lipid stems etymologically from the Greek lipos. The fatty acid structure is one of the most fundamental categories of biological lipids, the carbon chain, typically between four and 24 carbons long, may be saturated or unsaturated, and may be attached to functional groups containing oxygen, halogens, nitrogen, and sulfur. If a fatty acid contains a double bond, there is the possibility of either a cis or trans geometric isomerism, cis-double bonds cause the fatty acid chain to bend, an effect that is compounded with more double bonds in the chain. This in turn plays an important role in the structure and function of cell membranes, most naturally occurring fatty acids are of the cis configuration, although the trans form does exist in some natural and partially hydrogenated fats and oils. Examples of biologically important fatty acids include the eicosanoids, derived primarily from arachidonic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid, that include prostaglandins, leukotrienes, docosahexaenoic acid is also important in biological systems, particularly with respect to sight. Other major lipid classes in the fatty acid category are the fatty esters, fatty esters include important biochemical intermediates such as wax esters, fatty acid thioester coenzyme A derivatives, fatty acid thioester ACP derivatives and fatty acid carnitines. The fatty amides include N-acyl ethanolamines, such as the cannabinoid neurotransmitter anandamide, glycerolipids are composed of mono-, di-, and tri-substituted glycerols, the best-known being the fatty acid triesters of glycerol, called triglycerides. The word triacylglycerol is sometimes used synonymously with triglyceride, in these compounds, the three hydroxyl groups of glycerol are each esterified, typically by different fatty acids. Because they function as a store, these lipids comprise the bulk of storage fat in animal tissues. The hydrolysis of the bonds of triglycerides and the release of glycerol. Additional subclasses of glycerolipids are represented by glycosylglycerols, which are characterized by the presence of one or more sugar residues attached to glycerol via a glycosidic linkage, examples of structures in this category are the digalactosyldiacylglycerols found in plant membranes and seminolipid from mammalian sperm cells. Glycerophospholipids, usually referred to as phospholipids, are ubiquitous in nature and are key components of the bilayer of cells, as well as being involved in metabolism. Neural tissue contains high amounts of glycerophospholipids, and alterations in their composition has been implicated in various neurological disorders. Examples of glycerophospholipids found in biological membranes are phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylserine, the major sphingoid base of mammals is commonly referred to as sphingosine
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