Epichlorohydrin
Chemical name	chloromethyloxirane
Other names	epichlorohydrin 1-chloro-2,3-epoxypropane γ-chloropropylene oxide glycidyl chloride
Chemical formula	C3H5ClO
Molecular mass	92.52 g/mol
CAS number	[106-89-8]
Density	1.1812 g/cm3
Melting point	-25.6 °C
Boiling point	117.9 °C
SMILES	C1C2(O1)C2Cl
NFPA 704
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Epichlorohydrin is reactive organic compound. It is an epoxide and an organochloride. It is a colorless liquid with a pungent, garlic-like odor that is insoluble in water, but miscible with most polar organic solvents. Epichlorohydrin is a highly reactive compound and will polymerize upon treatment with acid or strong base. IUPAC nomenclature is a system of naming chemical compounds and of describing the science of chemistry in general. ... A chemical formula (also called molecular formula) is a concise way of expressing information about the atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound. ... The molecular mass (abbreviated MM) of a substance, called molecular weight and abbreviated as MW, is the mass of one molecule of that substance, relative to the unified atomic mass unit u (equal to 1/12 the mass of one atom of carbon-12). ... CAS registry numbers are unique numerical identifiers for chemical compounds, polymers, biological sequences, mixtures and alloys. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... The melting point of a solid is the temperature at which it changes state from solid to liquid. ... The boiling point of a substance is the temperature at which it can change its state from a liquid to a gas throughout the bulk of the liquid at a given pressure. ... The simplified molecular input line entry specification or SMILES is a specification for unambiguously describing the structure of chemical molecules using short ASCII strings. ... NFPA 704 is a standard maintained by the U.S. National Fire Protection Association. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... An organic compound is any member of a large class of chemical compounds whose molecules contain carbon, with the exception of carbides, carbonates, carbon oxides and gases containing carbon. ... An epoxide is a cyclic ether with only three ring atoms. ... An organochloride is an organic compound containing at least one covalently bonded chlorine atom. ... Polymerization is a process of reacting monomer molecules together in a chemical reaction to forinear chains or a three-dimensional network of polymer chains [1]. There are many forms of polymerization and different systems exist to categorize them. ...

Epichlorohydrin is manufactured from propylene through the intermediacy of allyl chloride. The major industrial use of epichlorohydrin is in the production of glycerin. It is also used as a building block in the manufacture of plastics, epoxy resins, phenoxy resins and other polymers. It used as a solvent for cellulose, resins and paints and it has found use as an insect fumigant. Propylene, also known by its IUPAC name propene, is an organic compound having the chemical formula C3H6. ... allyl chloride Allyl chloride, or 3-chloropropene, is a very toxic and highly flammable clear liquid with chemical formula CH2CHCH2Cl, insoluble in water, used as an alkylating agent. ... Glycerin, also well known as glycerine and glycerol, and less commonly as 1,2,3-propanetriol, 1,2,3-trihydroxypropane, glyceritol, and glycyl alcohol is a colorless, odorless, hygroscopic, and sweet-tasting viscous liquid. ... Epoxy or polyepoxide is a thermosetting epoxide polymer that cures when mixed with a catalyzing agent or hardener. Most common epoxy resins are produced from a reaction between Epichorohydrin & Bisphenol A. The first commercial attempts to prepare resins from epichlorohydrin occurred in 1927 in the United States. ... Cellulose (C6H10O5)n is a long-chain polymeric polysaccharide carbohydrate, of beta-glucose. ...

Epichlorohydrin is flammable, toxic and carcinogenic. In pathology, a carcinogen is any substance or agent that promotes cancer. ...

References

• Merck Index, 12th Edition, 3648.
• Fact sheet for epichlorohydrin

External links

• EPA consumer factsheet
• MSDS for epichlorohydrin