Acetylene (systematic name: ethyne) is the chemical compound with the formula C2H2 and structure H−C≡C−H. It is a hydrocarbon and the simplest alkyne...

engineers Edmond Fouché and Charles Picard became the first to develop oxygen-acetylene welding in 1903. Pure oxygen, instead of air, is used to increase the...

A Carbide lamp or acetylene gas lamp is a simple lamp that produces and burns acetylene (C2H2), which is created by the reaction of calcium carbide (CaC2)...

chemical formula of CaC2. Its main use industrially is in the production of acetylene and calcium cyanamide. The pure material is colorless, while pieces of...

term acetylenic designates A doubly unsaturated position (sp-hybridized) on a molecular framework, for instance in an alkyne such as acetylene; An ethynyl...

Acetylene hydratase (EC 4.2.1.112, AH) is a bacterial enzyme, originally discovered in the anaerobic microorganism Pelobactor acetylenicus, that catalyzes...

H − C ≡ C − H {\displaystyle {\ce {H-C#C}}{\ce {-H}}} Acetylene H − C ≡ C − C | H H | − H {\displaystyle {\ce {H-C#C}}{-}{\ce {\overset {\displaystyle...

γ-Acetylenic GABA, also known as 4-aminohex-5-ynoic acid is a potent and irreversible inhibitor of GABA-T. Like other GABA-T inhibitors, γ-acetylenic GABA...

The name refers to its conceptual construction from polymerization of acetylene to give a chain with repeating olefin groups. This compound is conceptually...

Bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene (BTMSA) is an organosilicon compound with the formula Me3SiC≡CSiMe3 (Me = methyl). It is a colorless liquid that is soluble...