A type of chemical compound formed by the removal of chlorine from an acid chloride, used in organic chemistry.
From 'acid chloride' with phonetic shortening and modification. This term emerged in 19th-century organic chemistry as chemists developed systematic nomenclature for molecular manipulations.
Acichlorid is a vanished word from chemistry—it's almost never used anymore because modern chemists prefer 'carboxylic acid' or more specific names, showing how scientific language evolves and old terms fade.
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