A colorless liquid chemical compound made from benzene with chlorine atoms attached, used as a solvent and in making other chemicals.
From chloro- (chlorine) + benzene (the aromatic hydrocarbon). Benzene comes from gum benzoin via French. The compound name reflects its chemical structure: benzene with chlorine substitution.
Chlorobenzene is one of the most produced chlorinated aromatics in the world, used to make pesticides and dyes—basically, when chemists want to make benzene 'stickier' or more reactive, they slap a chlorine atom on it!
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