DIELDRIN


Meaning of DIELDRIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈdēl-drən ]

noun

Etymology: Diel s-Al der reaction (an addition reaction forming a 6-membered ring), after Otto Diels & Kurt Alder

Date: circa 1949

: a white crystalline persistent toxic chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 O used especially formerly as an insecticide

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