Definition of Trichloroacetic acid

1. Noun. A strong acid made by chlorinating acetic acid.

Exact synonyms: Trichloracetic Acid
Generic synonyms: Acetic Acid, Ethanoic Acid

Definition of Trichloroacetic acid

1. Noun. (organic compound) The chlorinated derivative of acetic acid CCl3-COOH used as a herbicide and topical antiseptic ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Trichloroacetic acid

1. Chemical name: Acetic acid, trichloro- (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trichloroacetic Acid

trichloracetic acid
trichloral
trichloramine
trichlorfon
trichlorfons
trichlorhydrin
trichloride
trichlorides
trichlormethiazide
trichlormethine
trichloro
trichloroacetaldehyde
trichloroacetate
trichloroacetates
trichloroacetic
trichloroacetic acid (current term)
trichlorobenzene
trichlorobenzenes
trichlorobiphenyl
trichlorobiphenyls
trichloroepoxypropane
trichloroethane
trichloroethanes
trichloroethanol
trichloroethene
trichloroethenes
trichloroethyl alcohol
trichloroethylene
trichloroethylenes
trichlorofluoromethane

Literary usage of Trichloroacetic acid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Assessing the Human Health Risks of Trichloroethylene: Key Scientific Issues by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"Collective Assessment of Animal Data trichloroacetic acid and chloral hydrate ... The blood concentration of trichloroacetic acid required to induce liver ..."

2. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1907)
"The quantity of trichloroacetic acid required is at least lo grms. per 100 ... concentrations of trichloroacetic acid as great as 30 grms. of acid per loo ..."

3. The Properties of Electrically Conducting Systems: Including Electrolytes by Charles August Kraus (1922)
"IONIZATION CONSTANT OF trichloroacetic acid IN ALCOHOL IN THE ABSENCE AND ... The great percentage increase in the conductance of trichloroacetic acid will ..."

4. Solubilities of Inorganic and Organic Compounds: A Compilation of by Atherton Seidell (1919)
"trichloroacetic acid (Kendall, 1914.) Acetophenone (Kendall and Gibbons, 1913. ... THE FOLLOWING COMPOUNDS: trichloroacetic acid Benzoic Acid Cinnamic Acid ..."

5. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"... acid and trichloroacetic acid, which Dumas regarded as belonging to the same type, did not so belong, but that acetic acid is an oxide of a radical, ..."

6. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"The slow acetylators exposed to perchloroethylene excreted an average of 3.83 +/- 0.35 mg trichloroacetic acid within 24 hr (N = 13, +/- SE) and the fast ..."

7. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1910)
"But the behavior of trichloroacetic acid was most surprising, this agent having no decomposing effect whatsoever. This is the more remarkable when it is ..."

8. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by Arnold Frederik. Holleman (1920)
"trichloroacetic acid is unstable, and on boiling with water decomposes into carbon dioxide and chloroform ..."

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