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Hexachloroacetone

Hexachloroacetone
Hexachloroacetone
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Names
IUPAC name
1,1,1,3,3,3-hexachloropropanone
Other names
perchloroacetone
HCA
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
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EC Number
  • 204-129-5
KEGG
RTECS number
  • UC2100000
UNII
UN number 2661
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Properties
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.

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:[2]

(CCl3)2CO + 6 HF → (CF3)2CO + 6 HCl

See also

  • Chloroacetone
  • Dichloroacetone

References

  1. ^ CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, Internet Version, CRC Press (2005)
  2. ^ 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 3527306730.


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