List of articles in "Chemical Substance" category - Page 995

Copper(II) nitrate Cu(NO3)2 is an inorganic compound that forms a blue crystalline solid. Anhydrous copper nitrate forms deep blue-green crystals and sublimes in a vacuum at 150-200 °C. Copper nitrate […]

A phosphite in inorganic chemistry is a salt of phosphorous acid H3PO3 and following the IUPAC naming recommendations the phosphite ion would be PO33− a salt of P(OH)3.Historically phosphite has […]

Melamine /ˈmɛləmiːn/ is an organic base and a trimer of cyanamide with a 135-triazine skeleton. Like cyanamide it contains 67% nitrogen by mass and if mixed with resins has fire […]

The mineral cristobalite is a high-temperature polymorph of silica meaning that it has the same chemical formula SiO2 but a distinct crystal structure. Both quartz and cristobalite are polymorphs with […]

Lithium hydroxide is an inorganic compound with the formula LiOH. It is a white hygroscopic crystalline material. It is soluble in water and slightly soluble in ethanol and is the […]

Selenite satin spar desert rose and gypsum flower are four varieties of the mineral gypsum; all four varieties show obvious crystalline structure. The four crystalline varieties of gypsum are sometimes […]

Ribulose-15-bisphosphate (RuBP) is an organic substance that is involved in photosynthesis. The anion is a double phosphate ester of the ketose (ketone-containing sugar) called ribulose. Salts of this species can […]

Furan is a heterocyclic organic compound consisting of a five-membered aromatic ring with four carbon atoms and one oxygen. The class of compounds containing such rings are also referred to […]

Norcarane or bicyclo[4.1.0]heptane is a colorless liquid. It is an organic compound prepared using the Simmons–Smith reaction by the action of diiodomethane and a zinc-copper couple on cyclohexene in diethyl […]

MPTP (1-methyl-4-phenyl-1236-tetrahydropyridine) is a neurotoxin precursor to MPP+ which causes permanent symptoms of Parkinson’s disease by destroying dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra of the brain. It has been used […]