polyhaloalkane

English

Etymology

poly- + halo- + alkane

Noun

polyhaloalkane (plural polyhaloalkanes)

  1. (chemistry) Any of very many aliphatic organic compounds derived from a hydrocarbon by the replacement of two or more hydrogen atoms with those of a halogen
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