chloroacetate

Introduction

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   H
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Cl-C-C=O
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   H O-

Laboratory

• chloroacetate in air

Clinical significance

• chloroacetate esterase is used as a marker for myeloid cells in the diagnosis of hematopoietic malignancies

More general terms

• carboxylate

Database

• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=300