acetylide

[ uh-set-l-ahyd ]

/ əˈsɛt lˌaɪd /

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noun Chemistry.

any compound derived from acetylene by the replacement of one or both of its hydrogen atoms by a metal, as silver acetylide, Ag2Cl2.

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Origin of acetylide

acetyl + -ide

Words nearby acetylide

acetylene, acetylene series, acetylformic acid, acetyl group, acetylic, acetylide, acetylize, acetylmethylcarbinol, acetylsalicylate, acetylsalicylic acid, acetyltransferase

How to use acetylide in a sentence

The conditions under which the explosive copper acetylide is made in laboratories can not well occur in generators or gas holders.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, July 1899|Various
This solution absorbs acetylene with the precipitation of red cuprous acetylide, Cu2C2, a very explosive compound.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3|Various

British Dictionary definitions for acetylide

acetylide

/ (əˈsɛtɪˌlaɪd) /

noun

any of a class of carbides in which the carbon is present as a diatomic divalent ion (C 2 2–). They are formally derivatives of acetylene

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