Definition of Methylene radical

1. Noun. The bivalent radical CH2 derived from methane.

Exact synonyms: Methylene, Methylene Group
Generic synonyms: Chemical Group, Group, Radical

Lexicographical Neighbors of Methylene Radical

methyldesorphine
methyldichloroarsine
methyldihydromorphine
methyldimethylaminoazobenzene
methyldopa
methyldopas
methylecgonidine
methylenation
methylenations
methylene
methylene azure
methylene chloride
methylene diphosphonate
methylene group
methylene radical (current term)
methylene tetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase-methenyltetrahydrofolate cyclohydrolase
methylene white
methylenebis(chloroaniline)
methylenechloride
methylenedioxybenzylpiperazine
methylenedioxybenzylpiperazines
methylenedioxymethamphetamine
methylenedioxyphenyl
methylenedioxyphenyls
methylenedioxypyrovalerone
methylenediphosphonate
methylenediphosphonates
methylenes
methylenesuccinic acid

Literary usage of Methylene radical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Natural Organic Colouring Matters by Arthur George Perkin, Arthur Ernest Everest (1918)
"Though in curcumin the double chromophore occurs twice, its effect is to some extent balanced by the fact that the methylene radical in XCO . CH2 . CO . ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1915)
"In fact, the results obtained thus far, and discussed in previous papers from this laboratory, show that the methylene radical of the polypeptide grouping— ..."

3. Experimental Organic Chemistry by Augustus Price West (1920)
"... (CH2) united together, and when ethylene reacts with chlorine each methylene radical absorbs one atom of chlorine, as shown by the equation above. ..."

4. Recent Advances in Organic Chemistry by Alfred Walter Stewart (1911)
"The most vulnerable point in the camphor molecule is the carbonyl group and the adjacent methylene radical. The ring at this point is so easily attacked ..."

5. Physiological Histology: Methods and Theory by Gustav Mann (1902)
"For these reasons Ehrlich supposed the red reaction in the urine to depend on the union of the dye with a methylene radical. ..."

6. Text-book of Organic Chemistry for Medical Students by Gustav von Bunge, Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1907)
"... it becomes blue and indigo separates out.1 We must regard the process as if the oxygen oxidised away the two hydrogen atoms of the methylene radical, ..."

7. The Chemical basis of pharmacology: : an Introduction to Pharmacodynamics by Francis Francis, J. M. Fortescue-Brickdale (1908)
"The compounds should also be more stable and thus more active for reasons already noted. The methylene radical may replace two hydrogen atoms of hydroxyl ..."

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