Skip to Content
Merck
All Photos(2)

Key Documents

View All Documentation

Safety Information

293458

Sigma-Aldrich

Pentachlorocyclopropane

technical grade, 90%

Sign Into View Organizational & Contract Pricing
All Photos(2)

About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C3HCl5
CAS Number:
6262-51-7
Molecular Weight:
214.31
MDL number:
MFCD00010796
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24857656
NACRES:
NA.22

grade

technical grade

Assay

90%

refractive index

n20/D 1.5169 (lit.)

bp

55-56 °C/7 mmHg (lit.)

density

1.668 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

functional group

chloro

SMILES string

ClC1C(Cl)(Cl)C1(Cl)Cl

InChI

1S/C3HCl5/c4-1-2(5,6)3(1,7)8/h1H

InChI key

IACJMSLMMMSESC-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Hydrogen-bonded complexes of pentachlorocyclopropane with the bases acetonitrile, ammonia, monomethylamine and dimethylamine have been isolated.

Application

Pentachlorocyclopropane has been used in the preparation of:
  • tetrachlorocyclopropene via reaction with 18M aqueous KOH at 80-85°C
  • substituted phenyltrichlorocyclopropene derivatives

Pictograms

Exclamation mark
GHS07

Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

H315,H319,H335

Precautionary Statements

P261 - P305 + P351 + P338

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

213.8 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

101 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

Regulatory Listings

Regulatory Listings are mainly provided for chemical products. Only limited information can be provided here for non-chemical products. No entry means none of the components are listed. It is the user’s obligation to ensure the safe and legal use of the product.

FSL

Group 4: Flammable liquids
Type 3 petroleums
Hazardous rank III
Water insoluble liquid

JAN Code

293458-25G:
293458-BULK:
293458-VAR:
293458-5G:

Choose from one of the most recent versions:

Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Lot/Batch Number
0000193865
BGBC4440V
BGBC1987V
BGBC1546V
BGBB3912V

Don't see the Right Version?

If you require a particular version, you can look up a specific certificate by the Lot or Batch number.

Search for a COA

Already Own This Product?

Find documentation for the products that you have recently purchased in the Document Library.

Visit the Document Library

Synthesis of Substituted Phenyltrichlorocyclopropene Derivatives Using Friedel-Crafts Reaction.
Choi S-K and Suk W-K.
Bull. Korean Chem. Soc., 2(3), 83-85 (1981)
Alexander B Baker et al.
The journal of physical chemistry. A, 109(37), 8280-8289 (2006-07-13)
Hydrogen-bonded complexes of pentachlorocyclopropane with the bases acetonitrile, ammonia, monomethylamine, and dimethylamine have been isolated and characterized for the first time in argon matrices at 16 K. Coordination of the proton of pentachlorocyclopropane (Pccp) to the electron donor (N) of
Tetrachlorocyclopropene and hexachlorocyclopropane from pentachlorocyclopropane.
Tobey SW and West R.
Tetrahedron Letters, 4(18), 1179-1182 (1963)

Our team of scientists has experience in all areas of research including Life Science, Material Science, Chemical Synthesis, Chromatography, Analytical and many others.

Contact Technical Service