Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
PENTYLS
Noun
pentyls
plural of pentyl
Source: Wiktionary
PENTYL
Pen"tyl, n. Etym: [Penta + -yl.] (Chem.)
Definition: The hypothetical radical, C5H11, of pentane and certain of its derivatives. Same as Amyl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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