Alkenes and their derivatives: The alchemists' dream come true

Alkenes and their derivatives: The alchemists' dream come true. Raymond B. Seymour. J. Chem. Educ. , 1989, 66 (8), p 670. DOI: 10.1021/ed066p670...
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The Alchemists' Dream Come True Raymond B. Seymour Department of Polymer Science, University of Southern Mississippi, Southern Station Box 10076, Hattiesburg, MS 39406 The words alchemy and chemistry were derived from chemia, which was also the name for Egypt, which was blessed by blacksoil on the flood plains of the Nile. The Arabs added the prefixel to form the wordalchemy, which became known as "Ewotian black art". The oractitioners of alchemv soent cent$& in their search for t