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Epoxide
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epoxide /epox·ide/ (ĕ-pok´sīd) an organic compound containing a reactive group resulting from the union of an oxygen atom with two other atoms, usually carbon, that are themselves joined together.
epoxide
any compound containing a three-membered ring of two carbon atoms and one oxygen atom, e.g. oxirane.

Epoxide


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On July 1, Dow lifted tabs of liquid and solid epoxies by 6 cents to 8 cents/lb, while cycloaliphatic epoxides rose 20 cents/lb June 15.
This procedure involved forming the epoxides from linoleic acid and then opening the epoxide ring to generate the vicinal diols.
More specifically, the licensed technology provides a new, efficient catalytic reaction chemistry for the production of chiral epoxides, which are versatile reactive chemical building blocks or intermediates that can be converted into a variety of types of pharmaceutically active chiral compounds.
 
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