Ethyl chloride
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Wikidata:
Q409133
Library of congress:
sh 85045430
Wikipedia description:
Chloroethane, commonly known as ethyl chloride, is a chemical compound with chemical formula C2H5Cl or CH3CH2Cl, once widely used in producing tetraethyllead, a gasoline additive. It is a colorless, flammable gas or refrigerated liquid with a faintly sweet odor. Ethyl chloride was first synthesized by Basil Valentine by reacting ethanol and hydrochloric acid in 1440. Glauber made it in 1648 by reacting ethanol and zinc chloride.
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