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tetracarbonyl

tetracarbonyl noun: any compound having four carbonyl groups.

Noun

tetracarbonyl (plural tetracarbonyls)

  1. Any compound having four carbonyl groups.
    • 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 tetracarbonyl

pluraltetracarbonyls

Origin of tetracarbonyl

From tetra- + carbonyl.

Words formed from tetracarbonyl

  • cobalt tetracarbonyl
  • iron tetracarbonyl
  • nickel tetracarbonyl

Questions about tetracarbonyl

What does tetracarbonyl mean?
Tetracarbonyl means any compound having four carbonyl groups.
What part of speech is tetracarbonyl?
Tetracarbonyl is a noun.
What is the plural of tetracarbonyl?
The plural of tetracarbonyl is tetracarbonyls.

Words near tetracarbonyl in the dictionary

  1. tetracarbides
  2. tetracarbon
  3. tetracarbon dioxide
  4. tetracarbonate
  5. tetracarbonates
  6. tetracarbonyl
  7. tetracarbonyls
  8. tetracarboxylic
  9. tetracarboxylic acid
  10. tetracarboxylic acids
  11. tetracarcinoma

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