mercaptans

Meaning of mercaptans

noun

Any of a class of organic compounds of sulphur, ( R1.S.R2 ); they tend to be foul-smelling. When R2 is a hydrogen atom, they are termed thiols or thioalcohols.

Information about mercaptans

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of mercaptans is: mercaptan.
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Hyphenation of mercaptans

mer-cap-tans

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • mercaptans is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

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