selenylsulfide

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noun

Any of a class of organic compounds having a selenium to sulfur bond

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Meanings

nounselenylsulfide (plural selenylsulfides)

plural selenylsulfides

  1. chemistryAny of a class of organic compounds having a selenium to sulfur bond

    In addition to DMSe and DMDSe, the volatile Se species MeSeH and the mixed Se-S species dimethyl selenylsulfide have been identified in natural waters [91,96,256,258].

    2015, Lenny H.E. Winkel et al., “Selenium Cycling Across Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Interfaces: A Critical Review”, in Nutrients, volume 7, →DOI

Origin

From selenyl + sulfide.

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