English > organic compound: 1 sense > noun 1, substance| Meaning | Any compound of carbon and another element or a radical. |
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| Narrower | acetal | Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules |
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| acyl anhydrides, acid anhydrides | organic compounds that react with water to form an acid |
| acyl halide, acid halide | organic compounds containing the group -COX where X is a halogen atom |
| aldehyde | Any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds |
| aldol, aldehyde-alcohol | An oily colorless liquid / liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde |
| aliphatic compound | organic compound that is an alkane or alkene or alkyne or their derivative |
| alkaloid | Natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants |
| alkyl halide, haloalkane | organic compound in which halogen atoms have been substituted for hydrogen atoms in an alkane |
| alkylbenzene | organic compound that has an alkyl group bound to a benzene ring |
| amide | Any organic compound containing the group -CONH2 |
| amino acid, aminoalkanoic acid | organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group |
| azadirachtin | insecticide |
| cacodyl, tetramethyldiarsine | A poisonous oily liquid / liquid with a garlicky odor composed of 2 cacodyl groups |
| creosote | A colorless or yellowish oily liquid / liquid obtained by distillation of wood tar |
| creosote, coal-tar creosote | A dark oily liquid / liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar |
| cyanohydrin | Any organic compound in which the cyano radical -CN and the hydroxyl radical -OH are attached to the same carbon atom |
| diamine | Any organic compound containing two amino groups |
| enol | An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom |
| ester | formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water |
| ether | Any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom |
| furan, furane, furfuran | A colorless toxic flammable liquid / liquid used in the synthesis of nylon |
| glycoside | A group of compounds derived from monosaccharides |
| halocarbon | One of various compounds of carbon and any of the halogens |
| halon | A compound in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon have been replaced by bromine and other halogen atoms |
| hemiacetal | An organic compound usually formed as an intermediate product in the preparation of acetals from aldehydes or ketones |
| hemolysin, haemolysin, erythrolysin, erythrocytolysin | Any substance that can cause lysis (destruction) of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and the release of their hemoglobin |
| humic substance | An organic residue of decaying organic matter |
| hydrocarbon | An organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen |
| imide | Any of a class of organic compounds that contain the divalent radical -CONHCO- |
| ketone | Any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals |
| macromolecule, supermolecule | Any very large complex molecule |
| neurochemical | Any organic substance that occurs in neural activity |
| nitrile, nitril, cyanide | Any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN |
| nitrobenzene | A poisonous oily water-soluble liquid / liquid used as a solvent and in the manufacture of aniline |
| nonsteroid, nonsteroidal | An organic compound that does no contain a steroid |
| oxime | Any compound containing the group -C=NOH |
| peptone | Any of various water-soluble compounds that form by hydrolysis in the digestion of proteins to amino acids |
| petrochemical | Any compound obtained from petroleum or natural gas |
| phenol | Any of a class of weakly acidic organic compounds |
| phosphocreatine, creatine phosphate, creatine phosphoric acid | An organic compound of creatine and phosphoric acid |
| proenzyme, zymogen | Any of a group of compounds that are inactive precursors of enzymes and require some change (such as the hydrolysis of a fragment that masks an active enzyme) to become active |
| propylthiouracil | A crystalline compound used as an antithyroid drug in the treatment of goiter |
| pyrimidine | A heterocyclic organic compound with a penetrating odor |
| quassia | A bitter compound used as an insecticide and tonic and vermifuge |
| quaternary ammonium compound | A compound derived from ammonium with hydrogen atoms replaced by organic groups |
| rennet | A substance that curdles milk in making cheese and junket |
| resin, rosin | Any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules |
| steroid | Any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings |
| thiazine | A compound made up of a ring of four carbon atoms and one sulfur atom and one nitrogen atom |
| thiouracil | depresses the function of the thyroid gland |
| urea, carbamide | The chief solid component of mammalian urine |
| xanthine | crystalline oxidation product of the metabolism of nucleoproteins |
| Broader | compound, chemical compound | (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight |
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| Spanish | compuesto orgánico |
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| Catalan | compost orgànic |
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