chlorohydrin

[klawr-uh-hahy-drin, klohr-]

noun

1. any of a class of organic chemical compounds containing a chlorine atom and a hydroxyl group, usually on adjacent carbon atoms.

chlorohydrin

/ ˌklɔːrəʊˈhaɪdrɪn /

noun

1. any of a class of organic compounds containing a hydroxyl group and a chlorine atom

2. a colourless unstable hygroscopic liquid that is used mainly as a solvent; 3-chloropropane-1,2-diol. Formula: CH 2 OHCHOHCH 2 Cl

Word History and Origins

Origin of chlorohydrin¹

First recorded in 1885–90; chloro- ² + hydr- ² + -in ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of chlorohydrin¹

C20: from _chloro- + _hydro- + _-in

Example Sentences

After trying 224 chemicals, Dr. Frank Earl Denny discovered that potatoes treated with ethylene chlorohydrin vapor flung up 2-ft. vines and began to bear before untreated potatoes showed above ground.

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I remember, many, many years ago, answering the phone, Cliff Norbright—great chemist—telling me he had smelled phenol when he heated ethylene chlorohydrin in the presence of holmium-treated silica gel in a test tube.

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