Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chloroacetophenone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chloroace-tophe-none
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The chlorinated form of acetophenone, C₆H₅-CO-CH₂Cl, used as the riot control agent CN gas

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From chloro- + acetophenone.

Usage

Inflected Forms

chloroacetophenones (plural)

Synonyms

cn gas

Questions

What does chloroacetophenone mean?: The chlorinated form of acetophenone, C₆H₅-CO-CH₂Cl, used as the riot control agent CN gas
Where does chloroacetophenone come from?: From chloro- + acetophenone.

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