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chloroacetonitrile

chloroacetonitrile noun: an alkylating agent with the chemical formula ClCH₂CN.

Noun

chloroacetonitrile (uncountable)

  1. An alkylating agent with the chemical formula ClCH₂CN.

Questions about chloroacetonitrile

What does chloroacetonitrile mean?
Chloroacetonitrile means an alkylating agent with the chemical formula ClCH₂CN.
What part of speech is chloroacetonitrile?
Chloroacetonitrile is a noun.

Words near chloroacetonitrile in the dictionary

  1. chloroacetate
  2. chloroacetates
  3. chloroacetic
  4. chloroacetic acid
  5. chloroacetone
  6. chloroacetonitrile
  7. chloroacetophenone
  8. chloroacetophenones
  9. chloroacetyl
  10. chloroacetyls
  11. chloroacrylamide

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