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

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