Definition of Methylene group

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

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Methylene Group

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

Literary usage of Methylene group

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

1. Recent Advances in Organic Chemistry by Alfred Walter Stewart (1911)
"Thus, if we take tri- methylene and increase the size of the ring by a methylene group, we obtain the more stable tetramethylene; a further introduction of ..."

2. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"This acid character of the hydrogen atoms of a methylene group so linked is shown especially in the reaction with metallic sodium, or with sodium alcoholate ..."

3. Fluidity and Plasticity: By Eugene C. Bingham by Eugene Cook Bingham (1922)
"Hence while it may require a constant increment of temperature to produce a given fluidity as each methylene group is added to the molecule, ..."

4. Fluidity and Plasticty: By Eugene C. Bingham by Eugene Cook Bingham (1922)
"Hence while it may require a constant increment of temperature to produce a given fluidity as each methylene group is added to the molecule, ..."

5. The Relations between chemical constitution and some physical properties by Samuel Smiles (1910)
"Having obtained a value for the methylene group we may then proceed to ... Since the value of the methylene group is important it may be fully illustrated. ..."

6. Organic Chemistry for Advanced Students by Julius Berend Cohen (1907)
"... which to the methylene group in camphor. Chemical and physical evidence combine to prove that both camphor aad camphoric acid are saturated compounds. ..."

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