hydrohalogenation

English

Etymology

From hydro- +‎ halogenation.

Noun

hydrohalogenation (countable and uncountable, plural hydrohalogenations)

  1. (chemistry) The electrophilic addition of hydrohalic acids to alkenes to yield the corresponding haloalkanes.
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