phosphorus trichloride

noun Chemistry.

a clear, colorless, fuming liquid, PCl3, used chiefly in organic synthesis as a chlorinating agent.

Words nearby phosphorus trichloride

phosphorous acid, phosphorus, phosphorus 32, phosphorus pentoxide, phosphorus sesquisulfide, phosphorus trichloride, phosphorus-32, phosphoryl group, phosphorylase, phosphorylase phosphatase, phosphorylase-rupturing enzyme