cacodylic acid

noun

dimethylarsenic acid, (CH₃)₂AsO-OH, whose derivatives, the cacodylates, were once used as herbicides

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Meanings

nouncacodylic acid (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistrydimethylarsenic acid, (CH₃)₂AsO-OH, whose derivatives, the cacodylates, were once used as herbicides

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
dimethylarsinic acid
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