terpyridine

English

Etymology

From ter- +‎ pyridine.

Noun

terpyridine (countable and uncountable, plural terpyridines)

  1. (uncountable, organic chemistry) A tricyclic heterocycle consisting of three linked pyridine rings; it is a tridentate ligand
  2. (countable, organic chemistry) Any substituted derivative of this compound