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Where was the organohalogen painkiller epibatidine found?
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organohalogen compound
Vinyl chloride is an organohalogen compound that has important industrial applications. When treated with certain catalysts, vinyl chloride monomers undergo polymerization and form the larger compound known as polyvinyl chloride, or PVC. PVC is used in the manufacture of numerous products, including packaging films and water pipes.
The organohalogen compound epibatidine was isolated from the glands located on the back of an Ecuadorian poison frog. This substance has been identified as an exceptionally potent painkiller.1