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Cacodyl
Cac′o-dyl
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] ill-smelling (
κακόσ
bad + [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] to smell) + -yl
.] (Chem.)
Alkarsin; a colorless, poisonous, arsenical liquid,
As2(CH3)4
, spontaneously inflammable and possessing an intensely disagreeable odor. It is the type of a series of compounds analogous to the nitrogen compounds called hydrazines. [Written also
cacodyle
, and kakodyl
.]