dimethyl
Noun
Meaning
Ethane; -- sometimes so called because regarded as consisting of two methyl radicals. See Ethane.
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One such chalcogen boride consists of two molecules of dimethyl sulfide attached to a boron-hydrogen molecule.
Most tellurium in the blood stream is excreted slowly in urine, but some is converted to dimethyl telluride and released through the lungs.
Consisting of an alloy of CdTe and HgTe, this material can be prepared from the dimethyl derivatives of the respective elements.
Depending on how the atoms are arranged, it can represent two different compounds dimethyl ether CH 3 -O-CH 3 or ethanol CH 3 CH 2 -O-H.
However, this does not determine the kind of molecule uniquely – dimethyl ether has the same ratios as ethanol, for instance.
Many organisms also metabolize tellurium partly to form dimethyl telluride, although dimethyl ditelluride is also formed by some species.