aryl halide

noun

: any of a class of organic compounds containing an aromatic ring from which a hydrogen atom is removed through the process of bonding to a halogen atom

The company says the plant has … bulk- and drum-handling facilities for tetrahydrofuran, ethers, alkyl, and aryl halides.

—Chemical Week, 5 Aug. 1998

Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined above

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