Meanings
nounGrubbs' catalyst (plural Grubbs' catalysts)
plural Grubbs' catalysts
- chemistryAny of a range of transition metal carbene complexes used to catalyse olefin metathesis
Origin
Fro American chemist Robert H. Grubbs
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