Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a series of aliphatic hydrocarbons with a carbon-carbon triple bond and the general formula CnH2n−2.
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- noun organic chemistry A
hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon–carbontriple bond .
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- noun a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Since its introduction in 2001 by the Nobel laureate chemist Barry Sharpless of the Scripps Research Institute, the copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne reaction has proven extremely valuable for attaching small molecular probes to various biomolecules in a test tube or on fixed cells.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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Click chemistry is best known for a copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne reaction that makes it possible for certain chemical building blocks to "click" together in an irreversible linkage, analagous to the snapping together of Lego blocks.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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Follow the leader: the use of leader peptides to guide natural product biosynthesis Rapid behavior-based identification of neuroactive small molecules in the zebrafish Capture and release of alkyne-derivatized glycerophospholipids using cobalt chemistry Domino access to highly substituted chromans and isochromans from carbohydrates
Naturejobs - All Jobs Yumiko Ohhashi 2010
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Follow the leader: the use of leader peptides to guide natural product biosynthesis Rapid behavior-based identification of neuroactive small molecules in the zebrafish Capture and release of alkyne-derivatized glycerophospholipids using cobalt chemistry Domino access to highly substituted chromans and isochromans from carbohydrates
Naturejobs - All Jobs Tilman Schneider-Poetsch 2010
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Follow the leader: the use of leader peptides to guide natural product biosynthesis Rapid behavior-based identification of neuroactive small molecules in the zebrafish Capture and release of alkyne-derivatized glycerophospholipids using cobalt chemistry Domino access to highly substituted chromans and isochromans from carbohydrates
Naturejobs - All Jobs Thomas Kodadek 2010
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Follow the leader: the use of leader peptides to guide natural product biosynthesis Rapid behavior-based identification of neuroactive small molecules in the zebrafish Capture and release of alkyne-derivatized glycerophospholipids using cobalt chemistry Domino access to highly substituted chromans and isochromans from carbohydrates
Naturejobs - All Jobs Damian W Young 2010
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Follow the leader: the use of leader peptides to guide natural product biosynthesis Rapid behavior-based identification of neuroactive small molecules in the zebrafish Capture and release of alkyne-derivatized glycerophospholipids using cobalt chemistry Domino access to highly substituted chromans and isochromans from carbohydrates
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Follow the leader: the use of leader peptides to guide natural product biosynthesis Rapid behavior-based identification of neuroactive small molecules in the zebrafish Capture and release of alkyne-derivatized glycerophospholipids using cobalt chemistry Domino access to highly substituted chromans and isochromans from carbohydrates
Naturejobs - All Jobs Jeremy L Jenkins 2010
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Follow the leader: the use of leader peptides to guide natural product biosynthesis Rapid behavior-based identification of neuroactive small molecules in the zebrafish Capture and release of alkyne-derivatized glycerophospholipids using cobalt chemistry Domino access to highly substituted chromans and isochromans from carbohydrates
Naturejobs - All Jobs Oleg Fedorov 2010
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Follow the leader: the use of leader peptides to guide natural product biosynthesis Rapid behavior-based identification of neuroactive small molecules in the zebrafish Capture and release of alkyne-derivatized glycerophospholipids using cobalt chemistry Domino access to highly substituted chromans and isochromans from carbohydrates
Naturejobs - All Jobs Abigail L Bracha 2010
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