Benzene hexachloride

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Benzene hexachloride is a trivial name (common or vernacular name) that may refer to:

hexachlorobenzene the chemically correct equivalent
(erroneously) any of the isomers of hexachlorocyclohexane, in particular the gamma isomer with the common name Lindane