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acetylacetonate

acetylacetonate noun: any salt of the enol form of acetylacetone.

Noun

acetylacetonate (plural acetylacetonates)

  1. Any salt of the enol form of acetylacetone.
    • He had clays and gels of silicate. He had silicone putties. He had slushy ferric salts succumbing to their own deliquescence. Ambivalent acetylacetonates and tetracarbonyls with low melting points.2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

Forms of acetylacetonate

pluralacetylacetonates

Questions about acetylacetonate

What does acetylacetonate mean?
Acetylacetonate means any salt of the enol form of acetylacetone.
What part of speech is acetylacetonate?
Acetylacetonate is a noun.
What is the plural of acetylacetonate?
The plural of acetylacetonate is acetylacetonates.

Words near acetylacetonate in the dictionary

  1. aceturate
  2. aceturic acid
  3. acetyl
  4. acetyl bromide
  5. acetyl chloride
  6. acetylacetonate
  7. acetylacetonates
  8. acetylacetone
  9. acetyladenylate
  10. acetyladonitoxin
  11. acetylajmaline

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