A chemical compound formed by combining chlorine with acetic acid or its derivatives, used in various industrial and chemical applications.
From chlor- (chlorine) + acetate (salt or ester of acetic acid). This compound name follows systematic IUPAC nomenclature, combining element and functional group identifiers.
Chloracetates appear in herbicides, pharmaceuticals, and specialty chemicals—they're one of those industrial compounds most people never think about but that enable countless modern products.
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