pentachloroethane
(also pentachlorethane) Chemistry
noun
A toxic, volatile, colourless liquid, C2HCl5, produced synthetically and formerly used as a solvent.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Journal of the Chemical Society.
- ethoxyethane
- ethoxyl
- ethoxylate
- ethoxylated
- ethoxylation
- ethrog
- ethyde
- ethyl
- ethyl acetate
- ethyl acetoacetate
- ethyl alcohol
- ethylamine
- ethyl-amyl-acetate
- ethylate
- ethylbenzene
- ethyl chloride
- ethylene
- ethylenediamine
- ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
- ethylene dibromide
- ethylene dichloride
- ethylene glycol
- ethylene oxide
- ethylenic
- ethyl ether