DIPHOSGENE


Meaning of DIPHOSGENE in English

(ˈ)dī+ noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary di- + phosgene

: a liquid compound ClCOOCCl 3 made by chlorinating methyl formate and used in World War I as a poison gas; trichloro-methyl chloroformate

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