organometallic
adjective
or·gan·o·me·tal·lic
ˌȯr-gə-nō-mə-ˈta-lik 
ȯr-ˌga-nə-
: of, relating to, or being an organic compound that usually contains a metal or metalloid bonded directly to carbon
organometallic
noun
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Zheng Huang, a chemist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has discovered a way to melt plastic by combining it with an organometallic compound—a mixture of an organic molecule like petroleum ether and metallic lithium.
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Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 20 June 2016
Although fullerene wheels must be attached in the final synthetic step, p-carborane- and ruthenium-based wheels do not inhibit organometallic coupling reactions, which allows a more convergent synthesis of molecular machines.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2015
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Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 20 June 2016
Although fullerene wheels must be attached in the final synthetic step, p-carborane- and ruthenium-based wheels do not inhibit organometallic coupling reactions, which allows a more convergent synthesis of molecular machines.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2015
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organometallic
adjective
or·gan·o·me·tal·lic
-mə-ˈtal-ik
: of, relating to, or being an organic compound that usually contains a metal or metalloid bonded directly to carbon
organometallic
noun
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