ARSINE

Arsine

Arsine is the inorganic compound with the formula AsH3. This flammable, pyrophoric, and highly toxic gas is one of the simplest compounds of arsenic. Despite its lethality, it finds some applications in the semiconductor industry and for the synthesis of organoarsenic compounds. The term arsine is commonly used to describe a class of organoarsenic compounds of the formula AsH3−xRx, where R = aryl or alkyl. For example, As3, called triphenylarsine, is referred to as "an arsine."

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arsine

Noun

  1. A compound of arsenic and hydrogen, AsH3, a colorless and exceedingly poisonous gas, having an odor like garlic.
  2. Any organic derivative of this compound, or of diarsane, triarsane etc.


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