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Alphabetical index

Reduction Reduction is the gain of one or more electrons by a ...	Regioselective In a regioselective reaction attack preferably occurs on one ...
Regiospecific A regiospecific reaction is one in which attack only occurs ...	Resonance effect The resonance effect, also called the mesomeric effect, is ...
Reversible Thermodynamics. An ideal reversible process is one in which ...	Reversible reaction A reversible reaction is one that can proceed in either direction.
Ribose Ribose is a sugar, a pentose that enters into the ...	Salinity Salinity is the mass of salts contained in 1 kg of seawater. ...
Salting out Chemistry Salting out means the separation of a substance in ...	Saponification Saponification is the opposite reaction to esterification, ...
Scheelite Scheelite is tungsten ore with the formula CaWO4 (calcium ...	Semi-crystalline polymer. A semi-crystalline polymer has crystalline regions (usually ...
Semi-permeable membrane A semi-permeable membrane is one that only allows solvents ...	Simazine Simazine (C7H12ClN5) is a synthetic herbicide in the ...
Sodium Sodium is a chemical element, symbol Na and atomic number ...	Soft acid A soft acid is a Lewis acid with a strongly polarisable ...
Soft base A soft base is a Lewis base with a strongly polarisable ...	Solute A solute is a substance in solution dissolved by the ...
Solvent A solvent is a volatile liquid substance able to dissolve ...	Stereochemical formula A stereochemical formula is a three-dimensional ...