benzyl chloride

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a colorless, corrosive liquid, C 7 H 7 Cl, used chiefly as an intermediate in the synthesis of benzyl compounds.

Example Sentences

Testing revealed an elevated presence of benzyl chloride in a lab, she said.

From New York Times

Benzyl chloride is used to produce certain dyes and pharmaceutical products, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

From New York Times

“Benzyl chloride is an inexpensive and versatile chemical that is used to make many other useful drugs and molecules,” Eric E. Simanek, a professor of chemistry at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, said on Sunday.

From New York Times

BZP is easily manufactured from piperazine hexahydrate and benzyl chloride, but the level of impurities depends on the precise quantities of starting materials, the reaction conditions and the procedures used to extract the drug from the reaction mixture.

From Nature

It is formed by the condensation of acetylene tetrabromide with benzene in the presence of aluminium chloride:— and similarly from methylene dibromide and benzene, and also when benzyl chloride is heated with aluminium chloride to 200� C. By condensing ortho-brombenzyl bromide with sodium, C.L.

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