English Explanatory Dictionary

halohydrin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a class of organic compound having a hydroxyl functional group and a halogen on neighbouring carbon atoms.

Word forms

halohydrin halohydrins

Etymology

From halo- + hydro- + -in.

Related words

bromohydrin chlorohydrin fluorohydrin iodohydrin cyanohydrin epoxide
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