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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>9</sub>H<sub>13</sub>N<sub>6</sub>Cl A white solid with a melting point of 166.5–167_C; used as a pre- and postemergence herbicide for corn, sorghum, soybeans, alfalfa, cotton, and wheat.
Industry:Chemistry
CH<sub>3</sub>(CH<sub>2</sub>)<sub>10</sub>CH<sub>3</sub>C<sub>12</sub>H<sub>26</sub> An oily paraffin compound, a colorless liquid, boiling at 214.5_C, insoluble in water; used as a solvent and in jet fuel research. Also known as dihexy; propylene tetramer; tetrapropylene.
Industry:Chemistry
CH<sub>2</sub>OHCOOH Colorless, deliquescent leaflets, decomposing about 78_C; soluble in water, alcohol, and ether; used as a chemical intermediate in fabric dyeing. Also known as hydroxyacetic acid.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>21</sub>H<sub>27</sub>NO<sub>4</sub> An alkaloid that is the methyl ether of laudanine; the optically inactive form crystallizes from dilute alcohol and melts at about 115_C; the levorotatory active form crystallizes from light petroleum solution and melts at 89_C.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>4</sub>H<sub>8</sub>ONH A hygroscopic liquid, soluble in water; used as a solvent and rubber accelerator.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>4</sub>(CO<sub>2</sub>H)<sub>2</sub> Any of three isomeric benzene dicarboxylic acids; the ortho form is usually called phthalic acid, comprises alcohol-soluble, colorless crystals decomposing at 191_C, slightly soluble in water and ether, is used to make dyes, medicine, and synthetic perfumes, and as a chemical intermediate, and is also known as benzene orthodicarboxylic acid; the para form, known as terephthalic acid, is used to make polyester resins (Dacron) and as poultry feed additives; the meta form is isophthalic acid.
Industry:Chemistry
R<sub>2</sub>SiO Any of a family of silica-based polymers in which R is an alkyl group, usually methyl; these polymers exist as oily liquids, greases, rubbers, resins, or plastics. Also known as oxosilane.
Industry:Chemistry
One of two species derived from acetic acid, CH<sub>3</sub>COOH; one type is the acetate ion,CH<sub>3</sub>COO_; the second type is a compound whose structure contains the acetate ion, such as ethyl acetate.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>17</sub>H<sub>11</sub>NO<sub>7</sub> Crystals in the form of shiny brown leaflets that decompose at 281–286°C; soluble in alcohol, chloroform, acetone, ether, acetic acid, and aniline; used as an aromatic bitter. Also known as aristolochine.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>15</sub>H<sub>18</sub> A colorless liquid which boils at 291–292_C (720 mmHg; 95,990 pascals) and which is a substituted naphthalene.
Industry:Chemistry
