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acetaminophen acetate acetic acid acetone acetylcholine acetylene acid acid-base theory acrylic compound ACTH actin actinide activation energy activity coefficient adenine adsorption Agent Orange alanine albumin alcohol

aldehyde alkali alkali metal alkaline earth metal alkaloid alkane allotrope alum aluminum amalgam ambergris americium amide amine amino acid ammonia amphetamine anabolic steroid analgesic analysis

anesthetic anhydride aniline anion antacid antibiotic antifreeze antihistamine antimetabolite antimony antioxidant antiseptic arginine argon aromatic compound Arrhenius, Svante (August) arsenic asparagine aspartame aspartic acid

aspirin asymmetric synthesis atomic number ATP atropine Avogadro's law Avogadro's number azo dye AZT Baekeland, Leo (Hendrik) Baeyer, (Johann Friedrich Wilhelm) Adolf von barbiturate barium Barton, Sir Derek H(arold) R(ichard) base battery Beilstein, Friedrich Konrad benzene Berthelot, (Pierre-Eugène-) Marcellin beryllium

Berzelius, Jöns Jacob, Baron beta -blocker bicarbonate of soda biochemistry biodegradability biofuel biotin bismuth bonding borane boron Botox Boyle, Robert Bragg, Sir William (Henry) bromine buffer Bunsen, Robert (Wilhelm) cadmium caffeine calcium

calorie camphor carbide carbohydrate carbolic acid carbon carbon cycle carbon dioxide carbon monoxide carbonate carbonation carborane Carborundum carboxylic acid carotene Carothers, W(allace) H(ume) catalysis catalyst catecholamine cation

caustic soda celluloid cellulose cerium cesium charcoal chelate chemical compound chemical engineering chemical equation chemical formula chemical reaction chemical symbol chemistry chitin chlorine chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) chloroform cholesterol choline

chromatography chromium cinnabar citric acid cobalt cocaine cod-liver oil codeine coenzyme cofactor collagen colloid colorimetry configuration conjugation coordination compound copper corrosion cortisone covalent bond

creosote crystal curare cyanide cysteine cytosine Dalton, John Davy, Sir Humphry DDT Debye, Peter denaturation designer drug detergent deuterium Dewar, Sir James dialysis digitalis dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) dioxin dissociation

distillation diuretic DNA dopamine dopant drug dry ice dye Ecstasy Eigen, Manfred electrochemistry electrolysis electrolyte electron microscopy electron spin resonance (ESR) electrophile electrophoresis element, chemical emulsion endorphin

energy, conservation of enzyme epinephrine epitaxy epoxy equilibrium, chemical equivalent weight essential oil ester estrogen ethanol ether ethylene ethylene glycol explosive fat fatty acid fire Fischer projection Fischer, Emil (Hermann)

flavin flavonoid fluorine folic acid formaldehyde formic acid formula weight free energy free radical Freon fructose fullerene functional group fungicide galactose gallium gamma globulin gas gas chromatography (GC) gasoline

Gay-Lussac, Joseph (-Louis) Gibbs, J(osiah) Willard Glashow, Sheldon Lee glass globulin glucose glutamic acid glutamine gluten glycerol glycine glycogen glycol glycolysis glycoside gold graphite growth hormone (GH) guanine Haber, Fritz

Haber-Bosch process hallucinogen halogen hashish heavy water Heeger, Alan J. helium Helmholtz, Hermann (Ludwig Ferdinand) von hemoglobin heparin heroin heterocyclic compound Hildebrand, Joel Henry histamine histidine histone Hoff, Jacobus H(enricus) van't Hopkins, Sir Frederick Gowland hormone hydride

hydrocarbon hydrochloric acid hydrogen hydrogen bonding hydrogenation hydrolysis hydroxide ibuprofen ice indigo indium ink inorganic compound insecticide insulin interferon interleukin iodine ion ion-exchange resin

ionic bond iridium iron isoleucine isomer isomerism isoprenoid Kekule von Stradonitz, (Friedrich) August keratin kerosene ketone Kirchhoff, Gustav Robert krypton laboratory lactic acid lactose lanthanide latex Laue, Max (Theodor Felix) von Lavoisier, Antoine (-Laurent)

Le Châtelier, Henry-Louis lead lecithin leucine levodopa Libby, Willard (Frank) Liebig, Justus, Freiherr (baron) von ligand lignin lime lipid lipoprotein lithium litmus Lonsdale, Dame Kathleen LSD Lucite lye lysine MacDiarmid, Alan G.

macromolecule magnesium manganese Marcus, Rudolph A. mass action, law of matter Mayer, Maria (Gertrude) melanin melatonin Mendeleyev, Dmitry (Ivanovich) menthol mercury mescaline metabolism metal methadone methane methanol methionine Mitchell, Peter Dennis

mole molecular weight molecule molybdenum monomer monosaccharide Moore, Stanford morphine Mullis, Kary B(anks) napalm naphthalene narcotic neodymium neon neoprene Nernst, Walther Hermann niacin nickel nicotine nitrate

nitric acid nitric oxide nitride nitrite nitro compound nitrogen nitrogen cycle nitroglycerin nitrous oxide Nobel, Alfred (Bernhard) noble gas Northrop, John Howard nucleic acid nucleophile nucleoprotein nucleoside nucleosynthesis nucleotide oil olefin

oligosaccharide Onsager, Lars opium optical activity organic compound organohalogen compound organometallic compound Ostwald, (Friedrich) Wilhelm oxalic acid oxidation-reduction oxide oxyacid oxygen ozone palladium pantothenic acid paper chromatography (PC) paraffin wax Pauling, Linus (Carl) PCB

pectin penicillin pepsin peptide periodic table peroxide Perutz, Max Ferdinand pesticide petrochemical petroleum pH phenol phenylalanine pheromone phosphate phosphide phospholipid phosphorus photochemical reaction photolysis

physical chemistry pigment plastics platinum plutonium poison polyester polyethylene (PE) polymer polymerase chain reaction (PCR) polymerization polysaccharide polyurethane porphyrin positron emission tomography (PET) potash potassium preservative Priestley, Joseph progesterone

proline propane prostaglandin protein proteolysis proton purine PVC pyridine pyrimidine quinine quinone racemate radical radium radon Raman, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata rare earth metal reaction rate reaction, heat of

reduction resin restriction enzyme rhodium rhodopsin riboflavin ribose RNA RU-486 rubber saccharin salicylic acid salt saltpetre saturation Seaborg, Glenn (Theodore) selenium Semon, Waldo Lonsbury Semyonov, Nikolay (Nikolayevich) sequencing

serine Shirakawa Hideki silane silicon silicone silver silver nitrate soap Soddy, Frederick sodium sodium chloride solubility solution solvent spectrochemical analysis spectrometer spectrophotometry spectroscopy Stanley, Wendell Meredith starch

stereochemistry steroid stimulant stoichiometry streptomycin strontium strychnine sucrose sugar sulfa drug sulfate sulfide sulfur sulfur dioxide sulfuric acid Sumner, James (Batcheller) Svedberg, The(odor) Swan, Sir Joseph (Wilson) Szent-Györgyi, Albert tamoxifen

tannin tanning tantalum tautomerism taxol technetium Teflon testosterone tetracycline thalidomide thiamin thin-layer chromatography (TLC) thorium threonine thymine thyroxine tin titanium titration TNT

toluene toxin toxoid tranquilizer transition element transuranium element triglyceride tritium tryptophan Tsvet, Mikhail (Semyonovich) tungsten turpentine tyrosine uracil uranium urea Urey, Harold C(layton) uric acid vaccine valence

valine van der Waals forces vanadium vaporization venom vinyl chloride vitamin A vitamin B complex vitamin C vitamin D vitamin E vitamin K Wald, George warfarin water wax Wigner, Eugene (Paul) Woodward, Robert B(urns) X-ray diffraction xenon

Yang, Chen Ning Ziegler, Karl zinc zirconium zymogen