dieldrin

diel·drin   (dēl'drĭn)    n.  A chlorinated hydrocarbon, C12H8Cl6O, used as an insecticide and in mothproofing. [From Diel(s-Al)d(e)r (reaction), after Otto Paul Hermann Diels and Kurt Alder.]

Main Entry: diel·drin
Pronunciation: 'dE(&)l-dr&n
Function: noun
: a white crystalline persistent chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticideC₁₂H₈Cl₆O
Diels /'dE(&)ls/, Otto Paul Hermann (1876–1954), and Aláder /'ol-d&r/, Kurt(1902–1958), German chemists. Diels and Alder made an important contribution to organic chemistry with their development of a method for synthesizing a ring of six carbon atoms. This isnow known as the Diels-Alder reaction, from which aldrin and dieldrin are derived. In 1928 Diels and Alder published their first paper on the subject. The insecticides aldrin and dieldrin were firstprepared by the method which is now widely used in the synthesis of organic compounds. Diels and Alder were awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1950.

dieldrin di·el·drin (dī-ěl'drĭn, dēl'-)
n.
A chlorinated hydrocarbon used as an insecticide and in mothproofing.

dieldrin   (dēl'drĭn)  Pronunciation Key  A light tan, toxic, carcinogenic compound used as an insecticide on fruit, soil, and seed, and in controlling tsetse flies and other carriers of tropical diseases. Chemical formula: C12H8Cl6O.