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ethylhexylmercaptoacetate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ethyl-hexylmer-cap-toac-etate
IPA
52
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The ethylhexyl ester of mercaptoacetic acid CH₃(CH₂)₃CH(CH₂CH₃)-CH₂O-CO-CH₂SH

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

ethylhexylmercaptoacetates (plural)

Synonyms

ethylhexyl sulfanylacetate ethylhexyl thioglycolate

Questions

What does ethylhexylmercaptoacetate mean?
The ethylhexyl ester of mercaptoacetic acid CH₃(CH₂)₃CH(CH₂CH₃)-CH₂O-CO-CH₂SH

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