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2-Chloroethanol

SAJ special grade, ≥99.0%

Synonym(s):

Ethylene chlorohydrin

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Linear Formula:
ClCH2CH2OH
CAS Number:
107-07-3
Molecular Weight:
80.51
Beilstein:
878139
EC Number:
203-459-7
MDL number:
MFCD00002829
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
329748693

grade

SAJ special grade

vapor density

2.78 (vs air)

vapor pressure

5 mmHg ( 20 °C)

Assay

≥99.0%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

797 °F

expl. lim.

16 %

availability

available only in Japan

refractive index

n20/D 1.441 (lit.)

bp

129 °C (lit.)

mp

−89 °C (lit.)

density

1.201 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

OCCCl

InChI

1S/C2H5ClO/c3-1-2-4/h4H,1-2H2

InChI key

SZIFAVKTNFCBPC-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 1 Dermal - Acute Tox. 1 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 2 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 2 - Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Liq. 3 - Met. Corr. 1

Storage Class Code

3 - Flammable liquids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

131.0 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

55 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Apryl Bronley-DeLancey et al.
Environmental health perspectives, 114(8), 1237-1242 (2006-08-03)
Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a suspected human carcinogen and a common groundwater contaminant. Chloral hydrate (CH) is the major metabolite of TCE formed in the liver by cytochrome P450 2E1. CH is metabolized to the hepatocarcinogen trichloroacetate (TCA) by aldehyde dehydrogenase
Mariella Carrieri et al.
Archives of toxicology, 81(7), 529-532 (2007-02-08)
Nonfatal acute inhalation of trichloroethylene (TRI) at work was described. The subject, male, 54 years old, was drawn unconscious by a metal-degreasing machine and immediately sheltered in intensive care unit. Other than basic life support and common laboratory indices, blood
Ronan Garlantézec et al.
Occupational and environmental medicine, 69(1), 62-70 (2011-06-28)
To describe urine levels of metabolites of glycol ethers and chlorinated solvents in a sample of pregnant women from the general population, to study their occupational and non-occupational determinants and to compare them with the results of indirect assessment methods
Yng-Tay Chen et al.
Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association, 49(5), 1063-1067 (2011-01-27)
Cardiovascular effects have often been found in 2-chloroethanol (2-CE) intoxicated patients, but the 2-CE elicits cardiovascular toxicity mechanism is not clear. Recently, we have found that chloroacetaldehyde (CAA) accumulation in 2-CE-intoxicated rat's blood and play an important role in 2-CE
Ernest Marco-Urrea et al.
Chemosphere, 70(3), 404-410 (2007-08-19)
The white-rot fungus Trametes versicolor degraded trichloroethylene (TCE), a highly oxidized chloroethene, and produced 2,2,2-trichloroethanol and carbon dioxide as the main products of degradation, based on the results obtained using [13C]-TCE as the substrate. For a range of concentrations of
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