trifluoroethanol

English

Etymology

From tri- +‎ fluoro- +‎ ethane +‎ -ol.

Noun

trifluoroethanol (plural trifluoroethanols)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of several isomers of an alcohol formally derived from ethanol by replacing three hydrogen atoms by those of fluorine, but especially 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol

Synonyms

• TFE (abbreviation)
• trifluoroethyl alcohol

Hyponyms

• 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol

Derived terms

• TFE (abbreviation)

Related terms

• ethane
• ethanol
• fluoroethane
• fluoroethanol
• trifluoroethane
• trifluoro