Epihalohydrins

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-004025",
  "term": "Epihalohydrins",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "Compounds built on the (halomethyl)oxirane skeleton, an epoxide ring bearing a halomethyl group, as in epichlorohydrin and epibromohydrin. Epichlorohydrin is made industrially from allyl chloride, or increasingly from glycerol, and is the main building block of epoxy resins, which form when it reacts with bisphenol A.",
  "subject": "Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry",
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1995, 67, 1307. 'Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 1334 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567081307)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/epihalohydrins/"
}