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hypohalite
n. (context chemistry English) any salt of a hypohalous acid, having a general formula M(OX)n
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Hypohalite
A hypohalite is an oxyanion containing a halogen in oxidation state +1.
This includes hypoiodite, hypobromite and hypochlorite. In hypofluorite (oxyfluoride) the fluorine atom is in a −1 oxidation state.
Hypohalites are also encountered in organic chemistry, often as acyl hypohalites (see the Hunsdiecker reaction).
Sodium hypohalite is used in the haloform reaction as a test for methyl ketones.