dichloromethane

See also: dichlorométhane

English

Structural formula of dichloromethane

Etymology

From di- +‎ chloro- +‎ methane.

Noun

dichloromethane (countable and uncountable, plural dichloromethanes)

1. (organic chemistry) The partially halogenated hydrocarbon CH₂Cl₂ widely used as a solvent

Synonyms

• DCM
• methylene chloride
• methylene dichloride
• R-30

Hypernyms

• chloromethane
• chlorohydrocarbon
• chlorocarbon
• halomethane
• halocarbon
• haloorganic compound
• organochloride
• organic compound
• carbon compound
• chemical compound
• chemical
• molecule

Derived terms

• DCM
• dichloromethyl

Translations

an organic compound

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 二氯甲烷 (zh) (èrlǜjiǎwán)

• Finnish: dikloorimetaani, metyleenikloridi
• French: dichlorométhane (fr)
• German: Dichlormethan (de)
• Romanian: diclorometan
• Swedish: diklormetan c, metylenklorid c
• Turkish: diklorometan

Further reading

• dichloromethane on Wikipedia.Wikipedia