mercapto
See also: mercapto-
English
Noun
mercapto (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical -SH
- 2015 July 6, “Hydrogen Peroxide Scavenging Activity of Novel Coumarins Synthesized Using Different Approaches”, in PLOS ONE, DOI: :
- The postulated mechanism for the reaction of coumarin 4 as an antioxidant, as indicated in Fig 3, relies on the mercapto hydrogen atom (bold), which is under the influence of resonance and inductive effects.
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