acetylacetonate

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acetylacetonate (plural acetylacetonates)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any salt of the enol form of acetylacetone.
    • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
      He had clays and gels of silicate. He had silicone putties. He had slushy ferric salts succumbing to their own deliquescence. Ambivalent acetylacetonates and tetracarbonyls with low melting points.