Associations to the word «Chloral»

Wiktionary

CHLORAL, noun. A colourless narcotic liquid, trichloroacetaldehyde, CCl3CHO, obtained at first by the action of chlorine on alcohol and that, when treated with water, produces chloral hydrate.
CHLORAL HYDRATE, noun. An organic compound with the chemical formula C2H3Cl3O2, used as a sedative and hypnotic drug and as a laboratory reagent and precursor.

Wise words

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