Organochalcogen
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Organochalcogen is a noun meaning (organic chemistry) The class of such compounds.
Meaning
(organic chemistry) The class of such compounds.
More Meanings
- (organic chemistry) A chemical compound or functional group containing carbon (“organic”) atoms and group 16/chalcogen atoms, but not necessarily exclusively, which are also organic compounds. (ie. carbon dioxide, amongst others, is inorganic, thus not an organochalogen)
Word Forms
- organochalcogens
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include organochloride, organohalogen, interchalcogen, organochlorine, organohalide, organogen.
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