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Definition of Chloroacetophenone

1. Noun. A tear gas that is weaker than CS gas but lasts longer.

Definition of Chloroacetophenone

1. Noun. (organic compound) The chlorinated form of acetophenone, ''C₆H₅-CO-CH₂Cl'', used as the riot control agent CN gas ¹

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Medical Definition of Chloroacetophenone

1. C6H5COCH2Cl;a lacrimatory gas; used in training and in riot control. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chloroacetophenone

Literary usage of Chloroacetophenone

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

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1915)
"... chloroacetophenone with zinc-amalgam and hydrochloric acid. The procedure followed in this reduction was similar to that employed in the reduction of ..."

2. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"... and tissue printing; and in the manufacture of many coal tar colours and intermediates, &c. HB w-chloroacetophenone v. KETONES. CHLOROBENZALDEHYDE v. ..."

3. Arsenic by Assembly Of Life Sciences, National Academies Press, Assembly of Life Sciences (U.S.), National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (1977)
"(The commonly used tear gas and mace apparently are not arsenicals, but alkylating agents related to chloroacetophenone.) Information on these compounds, ..."

4. Chemical Warfare by Amos Alfred Fries, Clarence Jay West (1921)
"chloroacetophenone would have played an important part had the War continued. DISADVANTAGE OF WAVE ATTACKS As will be discussed more fully in the chapters ..."

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