iodohydrocarbon

iodohydrocarbon

[ī¦ō·də‚hī·drə′kär·bən]

(organic chemistry)

A hydrocarbon in which an iodine atom replaces one or more hydrogen atoms in the molecule, as in an alkane, aromatic, or olefin.

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