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Organic Chemistry acetaldehyde acetic acid acetone acetylene acetylsalicylic acid acetylene series acrylic plastics addition polymers alcohol aldehyde aliphatic compound alizarin alkaloid alkane alkene alkyl group alkyne ambergris amide amino group ammoniac ammonium group amine amygdalin angostura bark aniline anthracene ANFO anthracite archil aromatic compound aryl group argol artificial sweetener asphalt aspartame attar of roses azine Bakelite balata balsam bay rum bdellium benzaldehyde benzene benzine benzoic acid benzoin beeswax beet sugar benzene, 1,2,3-trihydroxy- benzenecarbonal benzene, dimethyl benzoate of soda benzoic acid, 3,4,5-trihydroxy- bitumen cis-butenedioic acid biodiesel trans-butenedioic acid blister gas bone black butadiene butane butyric acid Buna rubber butanoic acid butyl rubber camphor Canada balsam caoutchouc carbohydrate carbon black carbon disulfide carbon tetrachloride carbonyl group carboxyl group carnauba castor oil catechu cane sugar carbolic acid carbonite carboxylic acid cellophane celluloid cellulose cellosolve CFCs charcoal chelating agents chicle chloroform chloropicrin chloroprene chain compound citric acid CN coal gas coal tar cochineal coke collodion copaiba cornstarch copolymer cordite cottonseed oil cutch cream of tartar creosote cresol cracking of petroleum cyano group cyclamate cyclic compound cyclohexane cyclopropane detonator dextrin denatured alcohol dextrose diphosgene digallic acid dimethylbenzene dimethyl ketone dragon's blood drying oil dye dynamite EDTA elastomer epoxy group epoxy resins essential oils ester ethene ethane ether ethanol ethyl ethylene ethanal ethanedioic acid ethanediol, 1,2- ethyl alcohol ethylene glycol ethylene series ethyne explosive fats and oils fatty acid fat formaldehyde formic acid formyl group free radical Freon fructose fruit sugar fuchsin fuel fumaric acid functional group furfural fusel oil furan gambier gasoline gallic acid gamboge gas, fuel gasohol galactose gallotannic acid glycol glucose glycerol glycogen grease Grignard reagent grape sugar grain alcohol gutta-percha gum gum ammoniac gum tragacanth guncotton halons henna hydroxyl group hydrochlorofluorocarbons hydrofluorocarbons hydroxytoluene hydrocarbon ignis fatuus indicators, acid-base indigo industrial alcohol iodoform isoprene isopropanol isobutane isobutyric acid isopropyl alcohol kerosene ketone lac lactic acid lactose lake lanolin latex lewisite levulose linseed cake linseed oil liquefied petroleum gas linseed liquefied natural gas Lucite LNG LPG maltose mastic Mace magenta maleic acid marsh gas melamine mercaptan methane methanal methyl methane series methanoic acid methanol methyl alcohol methylbenzene methylphenol methyl salicylate milk sugar mineral oil mordant monomer monosodium glutamate MSG mustard gas napalm naphtha naphthalene naphthol natural gas naval stores nerve gas neoprene nicotine nitrobenzene nitrocellulose nitrogen mustard nitroglycerin nitro group nitrile number-average molecular weight ocher octane number oil gas oils oil of bitter almond olefin open-chain compound orchil organic chemistry organometallic chemistry oxalic acid oxy group paint palmitin paraffin palm oil paraffin series paraformaldehyde PBB pectin petrochemical petrolatum petrol phenol phenolphthalein phenyl phosgene phenol, 2,4,6-trinitro- picric acid pigment pitch plastic Plexiglas poison gas polyacrylics polycarbonates polyolefins polypropylene polystyrene polyurethanes polyvinyl chloride polychlorinated biphenyl polyethylene polybrominated biphenyl polyethylene glycol potassium hydrogen tartrate producer gas propane Prussian blue propane, 2-methyl propanetricarboxylic acid, 2-hydroxy-1,2,3- propanetriol, 1,2,3- propanoic acid, 2-methyl- propanol, 2- propanone, 2- pyridine pyrogallol pyroligneous acid pyroxylin PCB PVC radical racemic acid resin ring compound riot-control gas rosin rubber saccharin salicylic acid sarin saturated fat salol saponin saturation starch stearin styrofoam shellac silicone sienna smokeless powder sneeze gas soap sodium benzoate soman soot spermaceti sperm oil sucralose sucrose sugar sulfonic acid sugar substitute sweetener, artificial synthetic rubber tabun tallow tannin tar and pitch tartar tartaric acid tar tear gas tetraethyl lead tetrachloromethane tetrahydrofuran thermoplastics thermosets thiol toluene tolu tragacanth triglyceride trinitrotoluene trichloromethane tung oil turpentine TNT ultramarine umber unsaturated fat varnish vermilion vinegar vinyl plastics vulcanization VX Wacker process water gas wax weight-average molecular weight whale oil white lead will-o'-the-wisp wood alcohol xylene ylang-ylang

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