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Hexachloroethane

VETRANAL®, analytical standard

Synonym(s):

Perchloroethane

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Linear Formula:
Cl3CCCl3
CAS Number:
67-72-1
Molecular Weight:
236.74
Beilstein:
1740341
EC Number:
200-666-4
MDL number:
MFCD00000799
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
PubChem Substance ID:
329753896
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

100

vapor density

8.16 (vs air)

vapor pressure

0.4 mmHg ( 20 °C)

product line

VETRANAL®

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

mp

183-185 °C (dec.) (lit.)

density

2.091 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
environmental
food and beverages
personal care

format

neat

SMILES string

ClC(Cl)(Cl)C(Cl)(Cl)Cl

InChI

1S/C2Cl6/c3-1(4,5)2(6,7)8

InChI key

VHHHONWQHHHLTI-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Hexachloroethane may be used as a reference standard for the determination of the analyte in environmental samples by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and selected-ion monitoring gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.
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Legal Information

VETRANAL is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

H319,H351,H410

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Carc. 2 - Eye Irrit. 2

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Lot/Batch Number
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Quantitative determination of several simple perhalogenated compounds by high-performance liquid chromatography.
Collins CH and Morgano MA
Journal of Chromatography A, 846(1-2), 395-399 (1999)
Quantitative analysis of polychlorinated biphenyls, organochlorine insecticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated hydrocarbons and polynitrohydrocarbons in spiked samples of soil, water and plasma by selected-ion monitoring gas chromatography- mass spectrometry.
Singh AK, et al.
Journal of Chromatography. B, Biomedical Sciences and Applications, 706(2), 231- 244 (1998)
Olha Furman et al.
Environmental science & technology, 43(5), 1528-1533 (2009-04-09)
Superoxide is unreactive in deionized water, but aqueous systems containing added solvents, including H2O2 at >100 mM, show significantly increased reactivity of superoxide with oxidized organic compounds such as highly chlorinated aliphatics. The potential for solid surfaces to similarly increase
Ludwig Weissflog et al.
Chemosphere, 65(6), 975-980 (2006-05-06)
Artemisia lerchiana is a wormwood species of the Central Asian steppe regions, where it completely cover whole areas. For the first time it was possible to show through field experiments that C(1)/C(2) halocarbons (VCHCs), such as chloroform (CHL), tetrachloroethene (PER)
E V Patterson et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 123(9), 2025-2031 (2001-07-18)
Ab initio and density functional levels of electronic structure theory are applied to characterize alternative mechanisms for the reductive dechlorination of hexachloroethane (HCA) to perchloroethylene (PCE). Aqueous solvation effects are included using the SM5.42R continuum solvation model. After correction for
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