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- acetylene (n.)[acetylene 词源字典]
- gaseous hydrocarbon, 1864, from French acétylène, coined by French chemist Marcelin-Pierre-Eugène Berthelot (1823-1907) from chemical ending -ene + acetyl, which was coined from acetic in 1839 by German chemist Justus von Liebig; see acetic. Liebig's coinage was in reference to a different radical; acetyl was transferred to its current sense in 1850s, but Berthelot's coinage was based on the original use of acetyl.
The name acetylene is an unfortunate one as the hydrocarbon is not directly related to the modern acetyl radical and the molecule ... contains a triple bond, not a double bond which the suffix -ene (q.v.) implies. [Flood, "Origins of Chemical Names," 1963]
[acetylene etymology, acetylene origin, 英语词源] - acetylcysteine
- "An acetylated form of the amino acid cysteine, which is an antioxidant used as a mucolytic agent and in the treatment of paracetamol poisoning", 1930s; earliest use found in Journal of the American Chemical Society. From acetyl + cysteine.
- acetyltransferase
- "Any of a group of enzymes which bring about the transfer of acetyl groups from one molecule to another", 1960s; earliest use found in Journal of Biological Chemistry. From acetyl + transferase.