Triphenylmethane

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The hydrocarbon with the chemical formula (C₆H₅)₃CH, a colourless solid soluble in nonpolar organic solvents but not in water. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From triphenyl + methane.

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