Definition of Tetramethyldiarsine

1. Noun. A poisonous oily liquid with a garlicky odor composed of 2 cacodyl groups; undergoes spontaneous combustion in dry air.

Exact synonyms: Cacodyl
Generic synonyms: Organic Compound
Derivative terms: Cacodylic

Definition of Tetramethyldiarsine

1. Noun. cacodyl ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Tetramethyldiarsine

1. (CH3)2As-As(CH3)2;an oil resulting from the distillation together of arsenous acid and potassium acetate. Synonym: dicacodyl, tetramethyldiarsine. Origin: G. Kakodes, foul-smelling (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tetramethyldiarsine

tetrameric
tetramerization
tetramerous
tetramers
tetrameter
tetrameters
tetramethrin
tetramethyl
tetramethyl acridine
tetramethylammonia
tetramethylammonium
tetramethylammonium auride
tetramethylammonium aurides
tetramethylammonium iodide
tetramethylbenzidine
tetramethyldiarsine (current term)
tetramethylene
tetramethylenedisulfotetramine
tetramethylenedisulphotetramine
tetramethylenes
tetramethylethylenediamine
tetramethylguanidine
tetramethylguanidines
tetramethylimidazoline
tetramethylimidazolines
tetramethyllead
tetramethylphenylenediamine
tetramethylpiperidine
tetramethylpiperidines
tetramethylputrescine

Literary usage of Tetramethyldiarsine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Arsenic by Assembly Of Life Sciences, National Academies Press, Assembly of Life Sciences (U.S.), National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (1977)
"... because both cacodyl (tetramethyldiarsine) and cacodyl oxide, which have a strong garlic odor, could have been formed and would have the same methyl: ..."

2. Organic Compounds of Arsenic & Antimony by Gilbert Thomas Morgan (1918)
"... rhombic 1 Bunsen, Annalen, 1842, 42, 28-30. 2 Compt. rend., 1854, 39, 541. 3 The simultaneous formation of cacodyl (tetramethyldiarsine) and tri- ..."

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