Definition of Acid halide

1. Noun. Organic compounds containing the group -COX where X is a halogen atom.

Exact synonyms: Acyl Halide
Generic synonyms: Organic Compound
Specialized synonyms: Acetyl Chloride, Ethanoyl Chloride

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acid Halide

acid anhydrides
acid carboxypeptidase
acid cholesterol ester synthetase
acid deoxyribonuclease
acid dextran
acid dextrin
acid dissociation constant
acid drop
acid dye
acid dyspepsia
acid etch
acid fuchsin
acid gland
acid halide (current term)
acid head
acid house
acid hydrogen
acid hydrolysis
acid indigestion
acid intoxication
acid jazz
acid loading test
acid maltase
acid of air
acid of amber
acid of ants
acid of apples
acid of lemon

Literary usage of Acid halide

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

1. Chemical Reactions: Their Theory and Mechanism by Kaufman George Falk (1920)
"When acid anhydrides are used instead of acid chlorides, the acid group, OOCR, plays the same part as the halide in the acid halide. What has been said with ..."

2. Hypochondriac's Guide to Tamiflu (Oseltamvir) for Bird Flu: Public by W Frederick Zimmerman (2006)
"More typically. the process comprises treating compound 270 with a sulfonic acid halide in a suitable solvent to form compound 271. ..."

3. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1880)
"... for the haloid acids alone appear to be incapable of converting the carboxyl acid» into the corresponding acid halide; it may be supposed that acetic ..."

4. Dyes Classified by Intermediates: Dyes Tabularly Arranged Under Each by Randolph Norris Shreve, Warren N. Watson, Arthur R. Willis (1922)
"... the numbering starts from the chief function, and the order of the chief function is: "onium compounds, acid (car- boxylic first), acid halide, amide, ..."

5. A Scheme for the detection of the more common classes of carbon compounds by Frank Edwin Weston (1912)
"OH + HCl (2) To i cc of absolute alcohol carefully add the acid halide drop by drop till action ceases; warm gently for 5 minutes, and pour into 10 cc of ..."

6. Review of American Chemical Research by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1905)
"... and the acyl derivatives obtained from them by the action of the acid halide, :C(OCOR)OCH2, are stable, the products obtained by the action of water, ..."

7. The Mineral Industry by Richard Pennefather Rothwell (1915)
"It is stated that aluminium is suitable for practically all purposes if kept out of contact with hydrochloric acid, halide solutions or caustic alkalies. ..."

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