Parenthetical Definitions Generally Use Synonyms or Clarifying Phrases

question 8

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Parenthetical definitions generally use synonyms or clarifying phrases.

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Definitions:

Reaction

A reaction process where starting materials, referred to as reactants, evolve into one or more altered forms, named products.

Wittig Reaction

A chemical reaction used to convert aldehydes or ketones into alkenes through the use of a phosphonium ylide.

3-Ethylpent-2-Ene

An organic compound with the formula \(C_7H_{14}\), characterized by an ethyl group and an alkene with a double bond in the 2-position on a pentane backbone.

Schiff Base

Chemical compounds that typically form by the condensation reaction between an amine and an aldehyde or ketone, characterized by a carbon-nitrogen double bond.