Any substance containing that peculiar carbon chain with two double links C=C-C=C can double up—polymerize, the chemist calls it—into a rubber-like substance.
If the carbon chain contains one or more double linkages we get the "flowery" perfumes.
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The number represents the position of the first of the two carbons making the bond, in the longestcarbonchain.
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It is blocked from nucleophilic attack on one side of thecarbonchainby the first bromine atom and can only attack from the other side.
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Kroto realized that by using a graphite target, any carbon chains formed could be studied.
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Faecal recoveries of alkanes in equids do not appear to show the same influence ofcarbonchainlength that has been observed in ruminant studies.
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In these cases, alkanecarbonchainlength had a small effect on relative recovery.
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Faecal recoveries of alkanes in equids do not show the same influence ofcarbonchainlength that is evident for ruminants.
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The formation of longcarbonchainmolecules during laser vaporization of graphite.
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Longcarbonchainmolecules in circumstellar shells.
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For example, alanine with a threecarbonchainis converted to acetate with two carbons.
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However, these descriptors describe relative stereochemistry only based on group bulkiness or principalcarbonchain, so can be ambiguous.
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Thecarbonchain-oxygen-carbonchainfunctionality is called an ether.
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Their technology allows the selection ofcarbonchainlength, branching, saturation, and chemical functionality of each product.
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An infinite number of substituents can be obtained simply by increasingcarbonchainlength.
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The molecule increasingly becomes overall more nonpolar and therefore less soluble in the polar water as thecarbonchainbecomes longer.
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Soil sorption is proportional tocarbonchainlength, with a length of 14 and more having the highest sorption rate.
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