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chloroformyl

chloroformyl noun: a formyl group (-CO-H, also called aldehyde), in which the hydrogen is substituted by a chlorine atom (-CO-Cl).

Noun

chloroformyl

  1. A formyl group (-CO-H, also called aldehyde), in which the hydrogen is substituted by a chlorine atom (-CO-Cl).

Origin of chloroformyl

From chloro- + formyl.

Questions about chloroformyl

What does chloroformyl mean?
Chloroformyl means a formyl group (-CO-H, also called aldehyde), in which the hydrogen is substituted by a chlorine atom (-CO-Cl).
What part of speech is chloroformyl?
Chloroformyl is a noun.

Words near chloroformyl in the dictionary

  1. chloroformize
  2. chloroformized
  3. chloroformizes
  4. chloroformizing
  5. chloroforms
  6. chloroformyl
  7. chloroformyl-
  8. chlorofucin
  9. chlorofucine
  10. chlorogenase
  11. chlorogenases

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