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The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Industry: Printing & publishing
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Company Profile:
McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. is an American publicly traded corporation headquartered in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Its primary areas of business are financial, publishing, and business services.
One of a family of dyes in which the chromophore groups are _C_N_, _S_C_, and used mainly for cotton; an example is primuline.
Industry:Chemistry
(CH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>CH(CH<sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub>NO<sub>2</sub> A yellow liquid; soluble in alcohol, very slightly soluble in water; fruity odor; it is flammable and the vapor is explosive; used in medicine and perfumes. Also known as isoamyl nitrite.
Industry:Chemistry
CH<sub>3</sub>COOC<sub>4</sub>H<sub>9</sub> A colorless liquid slightly soluble in water; used as a solvent.
Industry:Chemistry
An acyclic hydrocarbon with a molecular structure containing alternating carbon-carbon double and single bonds.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>19</sub>H<sub>28</sub>O<sub>2</sub> An amber liquid with a boiling point of 175_C; soluble in petroleum hydrocarbons, alcohols, and methylene chloride; used as an insecticide for mosquitoes, body lice, stable flies, and cattle flies.
Industry:Chemistry
A racemate of limonene.
Industry:Chemistry
1. One of a group of organic heterocyclic compounds containing a diunsaturated ring of four carbon atoms and one oxygen atom. 2. C<sub>4</sub>H<sub>4</sub>O<sub>4</sub> The simplest furan type of molecule; a colorless, mildly toxic liquid, boiling at 32_C, insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and ether; used as a chemical intermediate. Also known as furfuran; tetrol.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>10</sub>H<sub>17</sub>OH An alcohol derived from terpene as a water-white liquid that has a mintlike odor; used in making perfumes.
Industry:Chemistry
1. Any compound that is a methyl derivative of a five carbon sugar. 2. In particular, the compound CH<sub>3</sub>(CHOH)<sub>4</sub>CHO.
Industry:Chemistry
C<sub>8</sub>H<sub>8</sub>O<sub>2</sub> White crystals with a boiling point of 262_C; soluble in alcohol and ether; used in perfumes, medicine, and flavoring and in the manufacture of penicillin. Also known as _-toluic acid.
Industry:Chemistry