Pentachlorobenzene

Pentachlorobenzene
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Pentachlorobenzene
Other names
PeCB
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
1911550
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.009.248 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 602-074-00-5
51144
KEGG
RTECS number
  • DA6640000
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C6HCl5/c7-2-1-3(8)5(10)6(11)4(2)9/h1H ☒N
    Key: CEOCDNVZRAIOQZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N ☒N
  • InChI=1/C6HCl5/c7-2-1-3(8)5(10)6(11)4(2)9/h1H
    Key: CEOCDNVZRAIOQZ-UHFFFAOYAV
  • c1c(Cl)c(Cl)c(Cl)c(Cl)c1Cl
Properties
C6HCl5
Molar mass 250.32 g·mol−1
Appearance White or colorless crystals
Density 1.8 g/cm3[1]
Melting point 86 °C (187 °F; 359 K)[1]
Boiling point 275 to 277 °C (527 to 531 °F; 548 to 550 K)[1]
0.68 mg/L[2]
Hazards
GHS labelling:
GHS02: FlammableGHS07: Exclamation markGHS09: Environmental hazard
Danger
H228, H302, H410
P210, P240, P241, P264, P270, P273, P280, P301+P312, P330, P370+P378, P391, P501
Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC):
rat: 1080 mg/kg[3]
mouse: 1175 mg/kg[3]
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Pentachlorobenzene (PeCB) is an aryl chloride and a five-substituted chlorobenzene with the molecular formula C6HCl5 which is a chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbon. It consists of a benzene ring substituted with five chlorine atoms. PeCB was once used industrially for a variety of uses, but because of environmental concerns there are currently no large scale uses of PeCB.[4] Pentachlorobenzene is a known persistent organic pollutant (POP) and banned globally by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in 2009.[5]

  1. ^ a b c Pentachlorobenzene Safety Card, International Programme on Chemical Safety
  2. ^ Shen, L., Wania, F., Lei, Y. D., Teixeira, C., Muir, D. C. G., Bidleman, T. F. (2005). "Compilation, evaluation, and selection of physical-chemical property data for organochlorine pesticides". J. Chem. Eng. Data. 50 (3): 742–768. doi:10.1021/je049693f.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ a b Pentachlorobenzene Fact Sheet, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  4. ^ Pentachlorobenzene – Sources, environmental fate and risk characterization Archived 2008-12-27 at the Wayback Machine, Robert E. Bailey, EuroChlor, July 2007
  5. ^ Press Release – COP4 – Geneva, 8 May 2009: Governments unite to step-up reduction on global DDT reliance and add nine new chemicals under international treaty, 2009.