Nomenclature
CAS number: 78-89-7
2-Chloro-1-propanol; 2-chloropropyl alcohol; 1-hydroxy-2-chloropropane.
C
3H
7ClO; mol wt 94.54.
C 38.11%, H 7.46%, Cl 37.50%, O 16.92%.
Properties
Colorless liquid; pleasant odor. d20 1.103; bp 133-134°; nD20 1.4362. Poisonous; flammable. Sol in water, alcohol, etc. LD50 orally in rats: 0.22 ml/kg; by skin penetration in rabbits: 0.48 ml/kg, Smyth et al., Am.
Ind. Hyg. Assoc. J. 30, 470 (1969).Use
In prepn of
propylene oxide,
q.v.