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English
Etymology
From tetra- + carbonyl.
Noun
tetracarbonyl (plural tetracarbonyls)
- (inorganic chemistry) Any compound having four carbonyl groups.
2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections: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.
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