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44047

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(±)-Epichlorohydrin

Synonym(s):

(±)-2-(Chloromethyl)oxirane, 1-Chloro-2,3-epoxypropane

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C3H5ClO
CAS Number:
106-89-8
Molecular Weight:
92.52
Beilstein:
79785
EC Number:
203-439-8
MDL number:
MFCD00005132

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vapor density

3.2 (vs air)

vapor pressure

13.8 mmHg ( 21.1 °C)

autoignition temp.

779 °F

expl. lim.

21 %

refractive index

n20/D 1.438 (lit.)

bp

115-117 °C (lit.)

mp

−57 °C (lit.)

density

1.183 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

ClCC1CO1

InChI

1S/C3H5ClO/c4-1-3-2-5-3/h3H,1-2H2

InChI key

BRLQWZUYTZBJKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Carc. 1B - Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Liq. 3 - Skin Corr. 1B - Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class Code

3 - Flammable liquids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

82.4 °F

Flash Point(C)

28 °C

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Swetha Inturi et al.
ACS nano, 9(11), 10758-10768 (2015-10-22)
Notwithstanding rapid advances of nanotechnology in diagnostic imaging and drug delivery, the engineered nanocarriers still exhibit substantial lack of hemocompatibility. Thus, when injected systemically, nanoparticles are avidly recognized by blood leukocytes and platelets, but the mechanisms of immune recognition are
An evaluation of the genetic toxicity of epichlorohydrin. A report of an expert group of the International Commission for Protection against Environmental Mutagens and Carcinogens.
R J Srám et al.
Mutation research, 87(3), 299-319 (1981-11-01)
A K Giri
Mutation research, 386(1), 25-38 (1997-03-01)
Epichlorohydrin (ECH) is one of the more commercially important aliphatic epoxides used extensively as an industrial intermediate, a laboratory reagent, and as an insecticide. It is a volatile, colourless liquid with an ethereal odour. It behaves as an alkylating agent.
Binbin Jiang et al.
Macromolecular rapid communications, 33(9), 767-772 (2012-03-15)
A polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS)-based supramolecular amphiphile is prepared from the host-guest inclusion complexation between a mono adamantane-functionalized POSS (AD-POSS) and a β-cyclodextrin oligomer (P(β-CD)). Assisted by the interface of H(2)O/toluene, the obtained supramolecular hybrids self-assemble into stable hollow nanospheres
Rogério Laus et al.
Bioresource technology, 102(19), 8769-8776 (2011-08-10)
In this study, chitosan (CTS) was crosslinked with both epichlorohydrin (ECH) and triphosphate (TPP), by covalent and ionic crosslinking reactions, respectively. The resulting adsorbent (CTS-ECH-TPP) was characterized by SEM, CHN, EDS, FT-IR and TGA analyses, and tested for metal adsorption.
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