acetyl chloride

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a colorless, toxic, and fuming liquid of pungent odor, C 2 H 3 OCl, soluble in ether, acetone, and acetic acid: used in the manufacture of dyes and pharmaceuticals.

acetyl chloride

noun

1. a colourless pungent liquid used as an acetylating agent. Formula: CH 3 COCl Also calledethanoyl chloride

Example Sentences

By long heating the acid is converted into its anhydride, which, however, is obtained more readily by heating the silver salt of the acid with acetyl chloride.

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It cannot be converted into coumarin by heating alone, but it is readily transformed on heating with acetic anhydride or acetyl chloride.

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