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Methyl Chloride
A hydrocarbon used as an industrial solvent. It has been used as an aerosal propellent, as a refrigerant and as a local anesthetic. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 31st ed, p1403)
Organic Chemicals
A broad class of substances containing carbon and its derivatives. Many of these chemicals will frequently contain hydrogen with or without oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, and other elements. They exist in either carbon chain or carbon ring form.
Year introduced: 1998
Hydrocarbons, Halogenated
Hydrocarbon compounds with one or more HYDROGEN atoms substituted with HALOGENS.
Year introduced: 1966
Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated
Hydrocarbon compounds with one or more of the hydrogens replaced by CHLORINE.
Year introduced: 1974
Hydrocarbons
Organic compounds that primarily contain carbon and hydrogen atoms with the carbon atoms forming a linear or circular structure.