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Preferred IUPAC name
1,1,1,3,3,3-Hexachloropropan-2-one | |
Other names
perchloroacetone
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.003.754 |
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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).
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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.
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]