chloromethane
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See also: chlorométhane
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[edit]chloromethane (plural chloromethanes)
- (organic chemistry) Methyl chloride, a flammable gas once used as a refrigerant, with chemical formula CH3Cl.
- 1869, George Fownes, A Manual of Elementary Chemistry, page 512:
- […] 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.
- (organic chemistry) Any of the chlorinated derivatives of methane.
- 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:
- 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.
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