Preferred Label : halohydrins;
IUPAC definition : A traditional term for alcohols substituted by a halogen atom at a saturated carbon
atom otherwise bearing only hydrogen or hydrocarbyl groups (usually used to mean β-halo
alcohols). E.g. BrCH sub 2 /sub CH sub 2 /sub OH 'ethylene bromohydrin' (2-bromoethanol),
ClCH sub 2 /sub CH sub 2 /sub CH sub 2 /sub OH 'trimethylene chlorohydrin' (3-chloro-propan-1-ol),
PhCH(OH)CH sub 2 /sub Cl 'styrene chlorohydrin' (2-chloro-1-phenylethanol).;
Origin ID : H02727;
See also
A traditional term for alcohols substituted by a halogen atom at a saturated carbon
atom otherwise bearing only hydrogen or hydrocarbyl groups (usually used to mean β-halo
alcohols). E.g. BrCH sub 2 /sub CH sub 2 /sub OH 'ethylene bromohydrin' (2-bromoethanol),
ClCH sub 2 /sub CH sub 2 /sub CH sub 2 /sub OH 'trimethylene chlorohydrin' (3-chloro-propan-1-ol),
PhCH(OH)CH sub 2 /sub Cl 'styrene chlorohydrin' (2-chloro-1-phenylethanol).
