A traditional term for
alcohols substituted by a halogen atom at a saturated carbon atom otherwise bearing only hydrogen
or hydrocarbyl groups (usually used to mean
β-halo
alcohols). E.g.
BrCH2CH2OH
'
ethylene bromohydrin' (2-bromoethanol),
ClCH2CH2CH2OH
'
trimethylene chlorohydrin' (3-chloro-propan-1-ol),
PhCH(OH)CH2Cl
'
styrene chlorohydrin' (2-chloro-1-phenylethanol).
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1338
Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
