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A colorless gas, CH3Cl, of a sweet odor, easily condensed to a liquid; -- called also methyl chloride.

substance, C3H4(CO2H)2, obtained by distillation of citric acid. It is a compound of the ethylene series.

om croton oil. Crotonic acid (Chem.), a white crystalline organic acid, C3H5.CO2H, of the ethylene, or acrylic acid series. It was so named because formerly supposed to exist in croton oil. Also, any acid metameric with crotonic acid proper.

One of the higher hydrocarbons, C10H20, of the ethylene series.

A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H20, of the ethylene series, regarded as a polymeric form of amylene.

, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal odor, produced by the union of chlorine and ethylene or olefiant gas; -- called also Dutch oil. It is so called because discovered (in 1795) by an association of four Hollandish chemists. See Ethylene, and Olefiant. -- Dutch oven, a tin screen for baking before an open fir…

Olefiant gas or ethylene; -- so called by Berzelius from its forming an oil combining with chlorine. [Written also elayle.] See Ethylene.

mportant derivatives are common alcohol, aldehyde, ether, and acetic acid. Called also dimethyl.

Ethylene; olefiant gas.

Pertaining to, derived from. or resembling, ethene or ethylene; as, ethenic ether.

A univalent hydrocarbon radical of the ethylene series, CH2:CH; - - called also vinyl. See Vinyl.

ent of fats, resins, and pyroxylin, but finds its chief use as an anæsthetic. Called also ethyl oxide.ethyl ether.

ine (Chem.), a heavy, yellow, oily liquid consisting essentially of etherin, etherol, and ethyl sulphate. It is the oily residuum left after etherification. Called also heavy oil of wine (distinguished from oil of wine, or oenanthic ether). -- Ethereal salt (Chem.), a salt of some organic radical as a base; an ester.…

ity of alcohol is transformed into ether by the agency of a small amount of sulphuric, or ethyl sulphuric, acid.

A white, crystalline hydrocarbon, regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, obtained in heavy oil of wine, the residue left after making ether; -- formerly called also concrete oil of wine.

An oily hydrocarbon regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, produced with etherin.

Any compound of ethyl of a binary type; as, potassium ethide.

Ethylidene. [Obs.]

ed from, or designating, an acid so called. Ethionic acid (Chem.), a liquid derivative of ethylsulphuric and sulphuric (thionic) acids, obtained by the action of sulphur trioxide on absolute alcohol.

Ethyl. [Obs.]