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Definition of Methylene radical
1. Noun. The bivalent radical CH2 derived from methane.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Methylene Radical
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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