acetylacetonate

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noun

Any salt of the enol form of acetylacetone.

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Meanings

nounacetylacetonate (plural acetylacetonates)

plural acetylacetonates

  1. chemistryAny salt of the enol form of acetylacetone.

    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.

    2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections
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