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allyl
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allyl /al·lyl/ (al´il) a univalent radical, —CH2dbondCHCH2.
al·lyl (ll)
n.
The univalent, unsaturated organic radical C3H5.

allyl
a univalent organic group previously used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals.

allyl alcohol
a potent cause of hepatic necrosis. Metabolized in the liver by alcohol dehydrogenase to acrolein, the hepatoxin.
allyl formate
has the same effect as allyl alcohol.
allyl isothiocyanate
used as a counterirritant and in the manufacture of war gases. Called also volatile oil of mustard. Occurs naturally in members of the plant family Cruciferae which cause acute indigestion in cattle.


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Elastomers with low degrees of unsaturation provide the least amount of reversion, while reversion is promoted in unsaturated rubber containing high allylic hydrogen content.
Investigators in the early 1970s, using the new field of high-performance liquid chromatography, purified two toxins with very similar spectroscopic characteristics, their differences being the presence of either an exomethylene-conjugated aldehyde or the corresponding allylic alcohol.
158 BROWN JM,TETRAHEDRON,vol 0050,page 4493,1994,cites= 30,MECHANISTIC AND SYNTHETIC STUDIES IN CATALYTIC ALLYLIC ALKYLATION WITH PALLADIUM COMPLEXES OF 1-% 2-DIPHENYLPHOSPHINO -1- NAPHTHYL [is less than] ISOQUINOLINE
 
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