trifluoroethanol
nounEtymology From tri- + fluoro- + ethane + -ol.
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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Organic chemistry, Physical sciences 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, trifluoroethyl alcohol
- Derived terms
- TFE
- Related terms
- ethane, ethanol, fluoroethane, fluoroethanol, trifluoroethane, trifluoro
- Hyponyms
- 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol