Encyclopedia of Chemistry

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A
ABA (abscisic acid) 1
Abelson, Philip H. 174
ABO blood groups 1, 159
abscisic acid (ABA) 1
absolute configuration 1
absolute zero 1,152, 153
absorption spectrum 1,
102–103, 147, 166
abstraction 2
abyssal zone 2
abzyme 2
accelerator, linear 166
acceptor number 2
accessory pigment 2
acclimatization 2
acetic acid 167
acetone 2, 57
acetylcholine (ACh) 2,69,
192, 203
acetyl CoA 2, 157
ACh (acetylcholine) 2
achiral 2
acid 2 – 3,34, 58, 76, 77, 138
and color change 123
fatty 107, 167
hard 124
lactic 129, 178
monoprotic 187
acid anhydride 3
acidic salt 3
acidity 3
gas-phase 115

acidity constant 3

acidity function 3

acid-labile sulfide 3

acid rain 4

acotinase 4

actinides 4

actin tracks 86

action potential 4, 165

activated complex 4

activation energy. Seeenergy

of activation

active center 4

active metal 4

active site 27

active transport 4

activity series 4

actual yield 4

acyl group 4

addend. Seeaddition reaction

Addicott, Frederick 1

addition 4

addition reaction 5

additivity principle 5

address-message concept 5

adduct 5,19, 21, 64, 163,

214

adenine 117

adenosine 5’-triphosphate

(ATP) 4, 5

adenyl cyclase 5

adhesive forces 5, 39

adipose tissue 107

ADME 5

adrenal gland 153

adrenocorticotropic hormone

153–154

adrenodoxin 5

Adrian, Edgar Douglas 5 – 6

adsorbed films 160

adsorption 6

Adventures in Physiology

(Dale) 69

aerobe 6, 199

aerobic 6,23, 72

A-factor. Seeenergy of

activation

affinity 6, 88

agglutinins 1

agonist 6, 88

agostic 6

AIDS (acquired

immunodeficiency

syndrome) 6 – 7, 119

air pollution 50, 207, 209

Albert Einstein Medal Award

164

albumin 7

alcohol 7,8, 82

in thermometers 106

alcoholism 88

aldehydes 7, 7

aldol condensation 56

algae 66, 75, 123

alkali metals 7

alkaline battery 8

alkaline earth metals 8

alkane 67

alkenes 8, 130

alkylbenzene 8

alkyl group 8

alkynes 8

Allen, Edgar 83

allergies 129

allosteric binding sites 8

allosteric effector 8

allosteric enzyme 8

allosteric regulation 8

allosteric site 8

allotrope 8, 113

alloy 9

allozyme 9

allylic substitution reaction 9

alpha (α) addition 9

alpha (α)band 67

alpha (α) effect 9

alpha (α) elimination 9

alpha (α) helix 9

alpha (α) particle 9, 151

alpha (α) rays 122, 144, 151

alternant 9, 10

aluminum 25, 65, 133, 178

in Hall process 123

alums 10

ambident 10, 10

ambidentate 10

amicyanin 10

amide 10

amine 10, 10 – 11

amine complex 11

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