tetrachlorophenol

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tetrachloro +‎ phenol

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tetrachlorophenol (plural tetrachlorophenols)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any of three isomeric tetrachloro derivatives of phenol
    • 2015 February 24, Tobias Goris et al., “Draft genome sequence and characterization of Desulfitobacterium hafniense PCE-S”, in Standards in Genomic Sciences[1], volume 10, →DOI:
      2,4,5-trichlorophenol was partially dechlorinated to 3,4-dichlorophenol, pentachlorophenol was partially dechlorinated to 3,4-dichlorophenol and an unidentified tetrachlorophenol.

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