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chloromethanes

chloromethanes is the plural of chloromethane.

Meaning of chloromethane

Noun

chloromethane (plural chloromethanes)

  1. Methyl chloride, a flammable gas once used as a refrigerant, with chemical formula CH₃Cl.
    • […] by subjecting that compound to the action of chlorine in sunshine, whereby chloromethane, or methyl chloride, CH₃Cl, is produced, and distilling this chloride with potash.1869, George Fownes, A Manual of Elementary Chemistry, page 512
  2. Any of the chlorinated derivatives of methane.
    • Among the halogenated hydrocarbons, chloromethanes (i.e., methyl chloride, CH₃Cl; methylene chloride, CH₂Cl₂; chloroform, CHCl₃; and carbon tetrachloride, CCl₄) play a vital role due to their extensive uses as solvents and chemical intermediates.2017 September 21, Wen-Tien Tsai, “Fate of Chloromethanes in the Atmospheric Environment: Implications for Human Health, Ozone Formation and Depletion, and Global Warming Impacts”, in Toxics

Questions about chloromethanes

What is chloromethanes the plural of?
Chloromethanes is the plural of chloromethane.

Words near chloromethanes in the dictionary

  1. chlorometallate
  2. chlorometallates
  3. chlorometer
  4. chlorometers
  5. chloromethane
  6. chloromethanes
  7. chloromethyl
  8. chloromethylandrostenediol
  9. chloromethylated
  10. chloromethylation
  11. chloromethylations

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