- Industry: Printing & publishing
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McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. is an American publicly traded corporation headquartered in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Its primary areas of business are financial, publishing, and business services.
C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub> A colorless liquid that boils at 136_C, insoluble in water; used in organic synthesis, as a solvent, and in making styrene.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>21</sub>H<sub>21</sub>NO<sub>6</sub> An alkaloid isolated from species of the family Ranunculaceae and from Hydrastis canadensis; orthorhombic prisms crystallize from alcohol solution, melting point 132_C; highly soluble in acetone and benzene, soluble in chloroform, less soluble in ether and alcohol.
Industry:Chemistry
Hg(C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>5</sub>O<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub> A poisonous white powder that decomposes when heated; soluble in water; used in medicine.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>4</sub>F<sub>8</sub> A colorless gas or liquid with a boiling point of _4_C and a freezing point of _41.4_C; soluble in ether; used as a dielectric, refrigerant, and aerosol propellant.
Industry:Chemistry
(CH<sub>2</sub>_CHOOCH)x Clear-colored resin that is hard and solvent-resistant; used to make clear, hard plastics.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>21</sub>H<sub>22</sub>O<sub>2</sub>N<sub>2</sub> An alkaloid obtained primarily from the plant nux vomica, formerly used for therapeutic stimulation of the central nervous system.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub> A colorless, flammable gas, boiling at _102.7_C; used as an agricultural chemical, in medicine, and for the manufacture of organic chemicals and polyethylene. Also known as ethene; olefiant gas.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>4</sub>(OCH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub> White flakes with a melting point of 56_C; used as a weathering agent in paint, as a flavoring, and in dyes and cosmetics.
Industry:Chemistry
A compound whose structure consists of a cyclic array of atoms of which one is a metal atom; frequently the ring contains three or four carbon atoms and one transition-metal atom.
Industry:Chemistry
Long-chain polymeric material produced by the chain reaction of olefinic monomers, such as polyethylene from ethylene, or polypropylene from propylene.
Industry:Chemistry
