monochlorinate

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

mono- +‎ chlorinate

Verb[edit]

monochlorinate (third-person singular simple present monochlorinates, present participle monochlorinating, simple past and past participle monochlorinated)

  1. (chemistry, transitive) To introduce a single chlorine atom into (a molecule)