Natura - nature actualia - actual entities Mundus Plinius - physical world naturalia - natural bodies "crystal-kingdom" chemical substances reactive intermediates Class dipolar compounds Class ylides [[RmX+-YRn [<-> RmX=YRn] (X=N,O,P,S,etc.; Y=C, etc.)] or [Z=X+-YRn <-> Z-+X=YRn] or [RmX+-Y <-> RmX=Y]] Class nitrogen ylides [RmN+-CR2] Class nitrile ylides [RC≡N+-CR2 <-> RC-=+N=CR2 <-> RC+=NC-R2 <-> RC:N=CR2]