dieldrin

dieldrin
noun Etymology: Diels-Alder reaction (an addition reaction forming a 6-membered ring), after Otto Diels & Kurt Alder Date: circa 1949 a white crystalline persistent toxic chlorinated hydrocarbon C12H8Cl6O used especially formerly as an insecticide

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  • Dieldrin — Strukturformel Allgemeines Name Dieldrin Andere Namen 1,2,3 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • dieldrin — A chlorinated hydrocarbon used as an insecticide; may cause toxic effects in persons and animals exposed to its action through skin contact, inhalation, or food contamination. * * * diel·drin …   Medical dictionary

  • Dieldrin — Di|el|d|rin [Kunstw. zum Namen des dt. Chemikers O. P. H. Diels (1876–1954)], das; s: ein pentacycl., hexachloriertes Epoxid, das wie das stereoisomere Endrin als Insektizid sehr wirksam, aber in den meisten Ländern ebenso wie das sehr ähnliche… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • dieldrin — /deel drin/, n. Chem. a light tan, crystalline, water insoluble, poisonous solid, C12H8OCl6, used as an insecticide: manufacture and use have been discontinued in the U.S. [1945 50; DIEL(S AL)D(E)R (REACTION) + IN2] * * *       chlorine… …   Universalium

  • dieldrin — noun A cyclodiene insecticide, related to aldrin, that is a persistent organic pollutant …   Wiktionary

  • Dieldrin — Diel|drin* das; s <nach dem Chemiker O. Diels (1876 1954) u. zu ↑...in> ein chloriertes Naphthalinderivat, das als Insektenbekämpfungsmittel gegen Bodenschädlinge (Malariamücken, Heuschrecken, Termiten u. a.) eingesetzt wird …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • dieldrin — A chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide …   Combined glossary of agriculture

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