trifluoroethanol

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Etymology

tri- +‎ fluoro- +‎ ethane +‎ -ol

Noun

trifluoroethanol (plural trifluoroethanols)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any of several isomers of an alcohol formally derived from ethanol by replacing three hydrogen atoms by those of fluorine, but especially 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol

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  • TFE (abbreviation)