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  • noun organic chemistry (in combination) Three chlorine atoms in a molecule.

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  • DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane) - a colorless, odorless insecticide that has toxic effects on most animals; the use of DDT was banned in the US in 1972.

    Notes and Definitions 2008

  • An article by the Englishmen Chattaway and Muir, gave him the idea of testing combinations with the CCl3 groups, and this then finally led to the realization that dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-methylmethane acted as a contact insecticide on Colorado beetles, flies and many other insect species under test.

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1948 - Presentation Speech 1964

  • DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane) - a colorless, odorless insecticide that has toxic effects on most animals; the use of DDT was banned in the US in 1972.

    The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • 72-79 (1997) [27] Lontoh, S.; DiSpirito, A.A.; Semrau, J.D.: Dichloromethane and trichloro - ethylene inhibition of methane oxidation by the membrane-associated methane monooxygenase of Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b.

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  • [4]) [4] P 2,3,6-trichloro-p-hydroquinone + NADP+ + H2 O [4] S

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