mercaptide

[mer-kap-tahyd]

noun Chemistry.

a metallic salt of a mercaptan.

Origin of mercaptide

1825–35; mercapt(an) + -ide

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British Dictionary definitions for mercaptide

mercaptide

noun

a salt of a mercaptan, containing the ion RS –, where R is an alkyl or aryl group

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