Silylethynyl

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of a class of univalent radicals, R₃Si-C≡C-, having a silyl group attached to the remote carbon atom of an ethynyl group especially, in-compounds, uncountable

Etymology

From silyl + ethynyl.

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