allyl alcohol


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allyl alcohol

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(Elements & Compounds) a colourless pungent poisonous liquid used in the manufacture of resins, plasticizers, and other organic chemicals. Formula: CH2:CHCH2OH; relative density: 0.85; melting pt: –129°C; boiling pt: 96.9°C
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Noun1.allyl alcohol - an unsaturated primary alcohol present in wood spirit; use to make resins and plasticizers and pharmaceuticals
methanol, methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood spirit - a light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol
alcohol - any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation
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And in particular the intrinsic viscosity of the homopolymer of DADMAC dropped rapidly after adding impurity components such as intermediate product allyldimethylamine and byproduct allyl alcohol into the monomer solution purified by recrystallization [19].
(93) By virtue of the high selectivity factor(E) associated with iodine, either (S)- or (R)-enantiomer of 3-iodo-2-alkyl-1-alkanols (3), prepared by ZACA reaction of allyl alcohol, can be readily purified to the level of [greater than or equal to] 99% ee by lipase-catalyzed acetylation.
Moreover Graft copolymers of acrylonitrile on kenaf fibers were obtained in an aqueous medium by the use of allyl alcohol and allyl chloride in combination with ceric ion as redox pairs.
Glycerol was dehydrated to allyl alcohol and acrolein, the precursor for acrylic acid, as early as the 1880s.
carbocationic polymerization of isoprene initiated by dimethyl allyl alcohol," Journal of Polymer Science Part A, vol.
Experimental liver necrosis may be induced by different agents, such as allyl alcohol, C[C.sub.l4], ethionine, and galactosamine.
Identification of active sites and influence of real structure of gold catalysts in the selective hydrogenation of acrolein to allyl alcohol. Gold Bulletin 37 (3-4), 181-186.
A previous study has reported that garlic extract and some products such as allyl alcohol and DADS (diallyl disulfide) could to increase oxidative stress and reduced glutathione in C albicans.
Epoxy ethers can be made from diepoxides and allyl alcohol with subsequent copolymerization with acrylic acid and styrene.
Allyl alcohol (7.4 g, 127.5 mmol) was added dropwise to a mixture of perfluorooctyl iodide (49.8 g, 91.5 mmol) and AIBN (0.36 g, 2.25 mmol) at 95[degrees]C.
A commercial production facility for SR-21 under construction at SDK's Oita Complex will also produce raw material allyl alcohol in an integrated manner, enabling high productivity.