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unsaturated compound

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unsaturated compound [¦ən′sach·ə‚rād·əd ′käm‚pau̇nd]
(chemistry)
Any chemical compound with more than one bond between adjacent atoms, usually carbon, and thus reactive toward the addition of other atoms at that point; for example, olefins, diolefins, and unsaturated fatty acids.


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Amosorb is based on patented organic unsaturated compounds that reportedly do not interfere with taste.
Assignment 1 is for a halogen-substituted unsaturated compound with pendant or terminal vinyl groups.
Among the curing systems of fluoroelastomers, peroxide curing, which uses an organic peroxide and a multifunctional unsaturated compound in combination, was developed originally using bromine groups as the cure sites (ref.
 
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