arsane

See also: Arsane

English

Noun

arsane (countable and uncountable, plural arsanes)

  1. (inorganic chemistry, uncountable) The compound arsine, AsH3
  2. (inorganic chemistry, countable) Any saturated hydride of tervalent arsenic, of general formula AsnHn+2, having an unbranched chain of arsenic atoms - diarsane, triarsane etc.

Usage notes

Organic derivatives of these compounds are arsines.

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