Definition of "carbene" []

• Any short-lived, reactive species R2C:, especially the parent compound CH2: (also called methylene). (noun)

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• "This finding emerged during the course of an investigation of the transition metal effects in carbene reactions."
• "Phil Skell, a National Academy of Sciences member and Evan Pugh Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus Penn State University, best known for his work in carbene chemistry, has written a letter to the Kansas State Board of Education, voicing "strong support for the idea that students should be able to study scientific criticisms of the evidence for modern evolutionary theory along with the evidence favoring the theory.""
• "The Darwinists care way more about their monopoly on the school system than they do about carbene chemistry."