trifluoroethanol
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Etymology edit
tri- + fluoro- + ethane + -ol
Noun edit
trifluoroethanol (plural trifluoroethanols)
- (organic chemistry) Any of several isomers of an alcohol formally derived from ethanol by replacing three hydrogen atoms by those of fluorine, but especially 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol
Synonyms edit
- TFE (abbreviation)
- trifluoroethyl alcohol
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Derived terms edit
- TFE (abbreviation)