English

Noun
en-noun|sg=carbonyl chloride|-

1. inorganic compound A toxic gas, COCl₂, used in the manufacture of plastics, pesticides etc, and once used as a chemical weapon.

#*2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 265:
#*:More of a French term. Phosgène. We prefer to call it carbonyl chloride. Less. . .disquieting, somehow.

Synonyms
carbon oxychloride
phosgene

Translations
trans-top|the compound COCl₂
Italian: t|it|ossicloruro di carbonio
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