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disilanide

disilanide noun: the anion SiH₃-SiH₂⁻ derived from disilane.

Noun

disilanide (plural disilanides)

  1. The anion SiH₃-SiH₂⁻ derived from disilane
    • This outcome certainly marks compound 2a as possessing a strong disilanide character.2015 July 1, Rainer Zitz et al., “Neutral “Cp-Free” Silyl-Lanthanide(II) Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, and Bonding Analysis”, in Inorganic Chemistry, volume 54, →DOI

Forms of disilanide

pluraldisilanides

Origin of disilanide

From di- + silanide.

Questions about disilanide

What does disilanide mean?
Disilanide means the anion SiH₃-SiH₂⁻ derived from disilane.
What part of speech is disilanide?
Disilanide is a noun.
What is the plural of disilanide?
The plural of disilanide is disilanides.

Words near disilanide in the dictionary

  1. disideologizing
  2. disilabenzene
  3. disilabenzenes
  4. disilane
  5. disilanes
  6. disilanide
  7. disilanides
  8. disilanyl
  9. disilazane
  10. disilene
  11. disilenes

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