Definitions For Mercaptan
Noun
MERCAPTAN (plural MERCAPTANs) (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.Translations
French: mercaptan, m German: Mercaptan, n Italian: mercaptano, m Spanish: mercaptano, mEtymology
From {{etyl, de, en}} Mercaptan, coined from {{etyl, la, en}} mercurius, mer(curius), mercury captans, captan(s), capturing. The term was introduced in 1832 by William Christopher Zeise because the thiolate group bonds very strongly with mercury compounds.See also
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The word Mercaptan is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends