| Compound | Description |
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| Water | A clear, odorless, tasteless liquid that is essential for most animal and plant life and is an excellent solvent for many substances. The chemical formula is hydrogen oxide (H2O). (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) |
| Oxygen | An element with atomic symbol O, atomic number 8, and atomic weight [15.99903; 15.99977]. It is the most abundant element on earth and essential for respiration. |
| 2-benzoquinone | reacts with methionines of RNAase at pH 1; reagent for determining conformational differences in related proteins |
| catechol | RN given refers to unlabeled parent cpd |