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Definition of Chlorobenzene
1. Noun. A colorless volatile flammable liquid with an almond odor that is made from chlorine and benzene; used as a solvent and in the production of phenol and DDT and other organic compounds.
Definition of Chlorobenzene
1. Noun. (organic compound) Any derivative of benzene in which one or more hydrogen atoms is replaced by chlorine; but especially the simplest such derivative C6H5Cl that is used in the manufacture of phenol, aniline and other compounds ¹
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Definition of Chlorobenzene
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chlorobenzene
Literary usage of Chlorobenzene
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Electronic Conception of Valence and the Constitution of Benzene by Harry Shipley Fry (1921)
"numbers of absorption transitions to chlorobenzene and bromo- benzene, it should
be observed that each of these compounds is a mono-substituted derivative ..."
2. Organic Chemistry by William Henry Perkin (1907)
"... greater than that of the parent hydrocarbon, and rising also on substituting
bromine for chlorine, or iodine for bromine. Benzene. chlorobenzene. ..."
3. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1848)
"Sulphite of chlorobenzene. ... The portion which distils over below 254" contains
a considerable quantity of sulphite of chlorobenzene carried over with the ..."
4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"Specific Radioactivities of Degradation Products chlorobenzene-1-C4 ... Un labeled
chlorobenzene (10 ml) was added to the distilling pot and distilled. ..."