HALOALKANE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does haloalkane mean? 

• HALOALKANE (noun)
  The noun HALOALKANE has 1 sense:

1. organic compound in which halogen atoms have been substituted for hydrogen atoms in an alkane

  Familiarity information: HALOALKANE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HALOALKANE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Organic compound in which halogen atoms have been substituted for hydrogen atoms in an alkane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

alkyl halide; haloalkane

Hypernyms ("haloalkane" is a kind of...):

organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "haloalkane"):

haloform (compounds with the formula CHX3, where X is a halogen atom)