diphosgene

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What does diphosgene mean?

The highly chlorinated ester trichloromethyl chloroformate that is used in organic synthesis, and was once used as a military poison

Where does diphosgene come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- English phosgene English diphosgene From di- + phosgene.

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