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tetracarbene

tetracarbene noun: four carbene groups in a molecule (typically as ligands in an organometallic complex).

Noun

tetracarbene (uncountable)

  1. Four carbene groups in a molecule (typically as ligands in an organometallic complex)

Origin of tetracarbene

From tetra- + carbene.

Questions about tetracarbene

What does tetracarbene mean?
Tetracarbene means four carbene groups in a molecule (typically as ligands in an organometallic complex).
What part of speech is tetracarbene?
Tetracarbene is a noun.

Words near tetracarbene in the dictionary

  1. tetracalcium
  2. tetracameral
  3. tetracameralism
  4. tetracampid
  5. tetracampids
  6. tetracarbene
  7. tetracarbide
  8. tetracarbides
  9. tetracarbon
  10. tetracarbon dioxide
  11. tetracarbonate

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