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mercaptan

Mercaptan is a 9 letter word which starts with the letter M and ends with the letter N for which we found 1 definitions.

Definition
(n.) Any one of series of compounds hydrosulphides of alcohol radicals in composition resembling the alcohols but containing sulphur in place of oxygen and hence called also the sulphur alcohols. In general they are colorless liquids having a strong repulsive garlic odor. The name is specifically applied to ethyl mercaptan C2H5SH. So called from its avidity for mercury and other metals.
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