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Chloroform vs Salol - What's the difference?

chloroform | salol |

In chemistry terms the difference between chloroform and salol

is that chloroform is a halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl3; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic while salol is phenyl salicylate; a, odorless, tasteless, white crystalline powder, nearly insoluble in water, but soluble in chloroform, ether, oils, and certain concentrations ofalcohol, which is split up in the intestines into salicylic acid and phenol, and which is used for certain medicinal purposes.

As a verb chloroform

is to treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform.

chloroform

English

(wikipedia chloroform)

Noun

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  • (chemistry) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl3; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform.

    • Related terms

    * fluoroform * bromoform * iodoform

    salol

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (chemistry) Phenyl salicylate; a, odorless, tasteless, white crystalline powder, nearly insoluble in water, but soluble in chloroform, ether, oils, and certain concentrations ofalcohol, which is split up in the intestines into salicylic acid and phenol, and which is used for certain medicinal purposes.

    • Derived terms

    *salol-camphor

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