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page 1Chloroform

chloroform
Chloroform, or trichloromethane (often abbreviated as TCM), is an organochloride with the formula and a common solvent. It is a volatile, colorless, sweet-smelling, dense liquid produced on a large scale as a precursor to refrigerants and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). Chloroform was once used as an inhalational anesthetic between the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. It is miscible with many solvents but it is only very slightly soluble in water (only 8 g/L at 20°C).
deuterated chloroform
deuterium isotopologue of chloroform, used as an NMR solvent

Rupa Bai Furdoonji
world's first female anesthetist, from Hyderabad, India
Phenol-chloroform extraction
extraction technique in molecular biology
Joseph Thomas Clover
English doctor and pioneer of anaesthesia