DIELDRIN


Meaning of DIELDRIN in English

noun Etymology: Diels-Alder 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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