trifluoroethanol
English
Etymology
tri- + fluoro- + ethane + -ol
Noun
trifluoroethanol (plural trifluoroethanols)
- (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
Synonyms
- TFE (abbreviation)
- trifluoroethyl alcohol
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- TFE (abbreviation)