chlorinolysis
English
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editchlorinolysis (countable and uncountable, plural chlorinolyses)
- (organic chemistry) The chlorination of an organic compound so as to yield chloro compounds with fewer carbon atoms than the starting material.
References
edit- McBree, Hass, and Bordenca, Chlorinolysis of Chloroparaffins (1943).