Hexachloroacetone
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Preferred IUPAC name 1,1,1,3,3,3-Hexachloropropan-2-one | |
Other names perchloroacetone HCA | |
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.003.754 |
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UN number | 2661 |
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C3Cl6O | |
Molar mass | 264.75 g/mol |
Density | 1.7434 g/cm3[1] |
Melting point | −2 °C (28 °F; 271 K) |
Boiling point | 204 °C (399 °F; 477 K) |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). |
Hexachloroacetone is an organic compound with the formula (Cl3C)2CO. It is also called hexachloropropanone or perchloroacetone. Numbers indicating the position of the chlorine-atoms are generally omitted as all the possible positions are substituted with chlorine. It is a colorless liquid, slightly soluble in water.
Reactions and uses
[edit]Hexachloroacetone functions equivalently to trichloroacetyl chloride, i.e. as an trichloroacetylating agent.[2]
The main use of hexachloroacetone is as a pesticide. For the use of hexachloroacetone in the preparation of a novel insect repellent see Perkow reaction. The industrial route to hexafluoroacetone involves treatment of hexachloroacetone with HF:[3]
- (CCl3)2CO + 6 HF → (CF3)2CO + 6 HCl
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, Internet Version, CRC Press (2005)
- ^ Bernard Sukornick (1960). "α,α,α-Trichloroacetanilide". Organic Syntheses. 40: 103. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.040.0103.
- ^ Günter Siegemund; Werner Schwertfeger; Andrew Feiring; Bruce Smart; Fred Behr; Herward Vogel; Blaine McKusick (2002). "Fluorine Compounds, Organic". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a11_349. ISBN 3-527-30673-0.