Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

acetylacetonate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.18 in modern English

Syllables: acety-lace-t-o-nate
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt of the enol form of acetylacetone.

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

acetylacetonates (plural)

Questions

What does acetylacetonate mean?: Any salt of the enol form of acetylacetone.

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