chloral (klo'ral)

Trichloracetic aldehyd, CI3C.CHO. A colorle liquid of penetrating odor, boils at 97 ° C. Prepared by the action of chlorin upon ethyl alcohol. Soluble in water, in alcohol, in ether, and in chloroform. It also forms many substitution products by the replacement of its oxygen. The hydrate, formed by replacing the oxygen by two molecules of hydroxyl, is the compound used in medicine and is the c. hydrate of the U. S. Ph. and the Br. Ph. This is commonly, though erroneously, called "chloral." List of poisons and their antidotes, see in appendix, page 938. amylene c. A compound known by the trade name of "dormiol," a hypnotic. anhydrous c. Ordinary c, as distinguished from c. hydrate, camphorated c, camphor c.