diphenylacetylene

noun

A colourless crystalline material widely used as a building block in organic chemistry and as a ligand in organometallic chemistry.

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Meanings

noundiphenylacetylene (countable and uncountable, plural diphenylacetylenes)

plural diphenylacetylenes

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA colourless crystalline material widely used as a building block in organic chemistry and as a ligand in organometallic chemistry.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
diphenylethyne

Origin

From diphenyl + acetylene.

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APA

diphenylacetylene. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diphenylacetylene

MLA

“diphenylacetylene.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diphenylacetylene. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diphenylacetylene,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diphenylacetylene.

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