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diazomethane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables
di-a-zomethane
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the simplest diazo compound, CH₂=N⁺=N⁻; a toxic, yellow, explosive gas; used in analytical chemistry to convert carboxylic acids into their methyl esters for analysis via gas-liquid chromatography

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

diazomethanes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

diazomethyl

Questions

What does diazomethane mean?
the simplest diazo compound, CH₂=N⁺=N⁻; a toxic, yellow, explosive gas; used in analytical chemistry to convert carboxylic acids into their methyl esters for analysis via gas-liquid chromatography

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