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2 unusual facts about Allyl


Allyl

Thus, CH2=CHCH2OH "has an allylic hydroxyl group." Allylic C-H bonds are about 15% weaker than the C-H bonds in ordinary

In 1844, Theodor Wertheim isolated an allyl derivative from garlic oil and named it "Schwefelallyl".


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Allyl isothiocyanate

Allyl isothiocyanate comes from the seeds of black mustard (Brassica nigra) or brown Indian mustard (Brassica juncea).

Queuosine

Florian Klepper, Eva-Maria Jahn, Volker Hickmann, Thomas Carell: „Synthesis of the Transfer-RNA Nucleoside Queuosine by Using a Chiral Allyl Azide Intermediate“, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2007, 46 (13), pp.


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