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 phosphorus ylides [RmP+-CR2 <-> RmP=CR2] Class phosphonium ylides [R3P+-CR2 <-> R3P=CR2]