437581

Chloroform

ACS reagent, ≥99.8%, contains 0.5-1.0% ethanol as stabilizer

• Synonym(s): Methylidyne trichloride, Trichloromethane
• Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): CHCl₃
• CAS Number: 67-66-3
• Molecular Weight: 119.38
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number: 1731042
• MDL number: MFCD00000826
• UNSPSC Code: 12352101
• PubChem Substance ID: 329756389

Properties

• grade: ACS reagent
• Quality Level: 200
• vapor density: 4.1 (vs air)
• vapor pressure: 160 mmHg ( 20 °C)
• assay: ≥99.8%
• form: liquid
• contains: 0.5-1.0% ethanol as stabilizer
• packaging: PVC-coated bottle of 4x4 L
• evapn. residue: ≤0.001%
• color: APHA: ≤10
• refractive index: n20/D 1.445 (lit.)
• bp: 60.5-61.5 °C (lit.); 60.5-61.5 °C
• mp: −63 °C (lit.)
• density: 1.492 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
• cation traces: Pb: ≤0.05 ppm
• SMILES string: ClC(Cl)Cl
• InChI: 1S/CHCl3/c2-1(3)4/h1H
• InChI key: HEDRZPFGACZZDS-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

Chloroform is a colorless, volatile chlorinated organic solvent whose vapors have narcotic effect. It is susceptible to degradation with time which can be suppressed by adding ethanol as a stabilizer. Since ethanol is added in higher concentration it leads to increase in polarity which may have a potential influence on some of the applications.

Application

Chloroform may be used in the following processes:

• Synthesis of colloidal hydrophobic CdSe core nanocrystals (quantum dots).
• Preparing phospholipid solutions.
• As a solvent in the photolysis reaction of ruthenium complexes.
• Solvent for recrystallization.
• As a reference compound to detect the presence of chloroform in tobacco smokes.
• As an extractant in solvent extraction process.

Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS06,GHS08
• signalword: Danger
• hcodes: H302,H315,H319,H331,H336,H351,H361d,H372
• pcodes: P202 - P301 + P312 - P302 + P352 - P304 + P340 + P311 - P305 + P351 + P338 - P308 + P313
• Hazard Classifications: Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Carc. 2 - Eye Irrit. 2 - Repr. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT RE 1 Oral - STOT SE 3
• target_organs: Central nervous system, Liver,Kidney
• wgk_germany: WGK 3
• flash_point_f: does not flash
• flash_point_c: does not flash