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