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β-HCH

PESTANAL®, analytical standard

Synonym(s):

β-1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexachlorocyclohexane

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C6H6Cl6
CAS Number:
319-85-7
Molecular Weight:
290.83
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329754505
EC Number:
206-271-3
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1907338
MDL number:
MFCD00135948
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grade

analytical standard

Quality Segment

100

product line

PESTANAL®

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable, NMR: suitable, gas chromatography (GC): suitable

mp

≥300 °C

suitability

passes test for identity (NMR)

application(s)

agriculture
environmental

format

neat

SMILES string

Cl[C@H]1[C@H](Cl)[C@@H](Cl)[C@H](Cl)[C@@H](Cl)[C@@H]1Cl

InChI

1S/C6H6Cl6/c7-1-2(8)4(10)6(12)5(11)3(1)9/h1-6H/t1-,2-,3+,4+,5-,6-

InChI key

JLYXXMFPNIAWKQ-CDRYSYESSA-N

General description

β-Hexachlorocyclohexane is an isomer of hexachlorocyclohexane. It is an organochlorine pesticide with carcinogenic effects on both humans and animals.

Application

β-Hexachlorocyclohexane may be used as a reference standard for the determination of β-hexachlorocyclohexane in marine sediments by pressurized liquid extraction (PLE) and stir-bar sorptive extraction (SBSE) coupled with thermal desorption and gas chromatography–triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (TD–GC–MS/MS QqQ).
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Legal Information

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

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Carc. 2

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type P3 (EN 143) respirator cartridges

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