dichlorohydrin
noun
di·chlo·ro·hydrin
(¦)dī¦klōrō+
variants or dichlorhydrin
¦dīklōr+
: either of two liquid compounds C3H6Cl2O made by the action of hydrochloric acid on glycerol or of hypochlorous acid on allyl chloride, distinguished as alpha- or alpha-gamma-dichlorohydrin CH2ClCHOHCH2Cl and beta- or alpha-beta dichlorohydrin CH2ClCH2ClCH2OH, and used chiefly in organic synthesis and as solvents
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary dichlor- + -hydrin