Definition of "organometallic" [or•ga•no•me•tal•lic]

• Of, relating to, or constituting an organic compound containing a metal, especially a compound in which a metal atom is bonded directly to a carbon atom. (adjective)

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• "Ziegler demonstrated that certain organometallic compounds (see"
• "Instead of using metals to propel a chemical reaction (a standard method called organometallic catalysis widely used in the creation of pharmaceuticals), the team developed a way to use organic chemicals such as carbon in the reaction, an environmentally safer, easier and cheaper way to produce drugs."
• "Geoffrey Wilkinson independently described a completely new group of organometallic molecules, called sandwich compounds."