allyl chloride

noun

: a volatile pungent toxic flammable liquid CH₂=CHCH₂Cl made by high-temperature chlorination of propylene and used chiefly in making glycerol and allyl derivatives (as allyl alcohol and allyl resins)

Word History

First Known Use

1863, in the meaning defined above

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