dichloromethane

See also: dichlorométhane

English

Structural formula of dichloromethane

Etymology

di- +‎ chloro- +‎ methane

Noun

dichloromethane (countable and uncountable, plural dichloromethanes)

(organic chemistry) The partially halogenated hydrocarbon CH₂Cl₂ widely used as a solvent

Synonyms

Hypernyms

Derived terms

DCM

Translations

an organic compound

Finnish: dikloorimetaani, metyleenikloridi
French: dichlorométhane (fr)
German: Dichlormethan
Romanian: diclorometan
Swedish: diklormetan c, metylenklorid c
Turkish: diklorometan

Further reading

dichloromethane on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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