Definition of "trifluoromethyl" []

• The univalent radical CF3- derived from methyl (noun)

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• "The chemical method discovered by the research team uses a soluble palladium (a precious metal) catalyst to replace a chlorine atom in an aromatic molecule with a trifluoromethyl"
• "The researchers found that O (1D) interaction with trifluoromethyl sulfur pentafluoride destroys this compound in - at most - one out of a thousand interactions."
• "Information on the reaction rates of sulfuryl fluoride (SO2F2), nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) and trifluoromethyl sulfur pentafluoride (SF5CF3) was published Jan. 25, 2010, in the early edition of the PNAS, and will be part of a special issue on atmospheric chemistry."