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English
Etymology
From tetrachloro + phenol.
Noun
tetrachlorophenol (plural tetrachlorophenols)
- (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, 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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