Associations to the word «Mercaptan»
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Wiktionary
MERCAPTAN, noun. (chemistry) 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.
Wise words
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