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1,2-Dichlorobenzene
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1,2-Dichlorobenzene, or orthodichlorobenzene (ODCB), is an aryl chloride and isomer of dichlorobenzene with the formula CHCl. This colourless liquid is poorly soluble in water but miscible with most organic solvents. It is a derivative of benzene, substituted with two adjacent chlorine atoms.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C6H4Cl2
- Molecular weight
- 147 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 1,2-dichlorobenzene
- SMILES
- C1=CC=C(C(=C1)Cl)Cl
- InChIKey
- RFFLAFLAYFXFSW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 3.4
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Research
451 papers- 1,2-dichlorobenzene marine risk assessment with special reference to the OSPARCOM region: North Sea.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2004
- 1,2-Dichlorobenzene-induced lipid peroxidation in male Fischer 344 rats is Kupffer cell dependent.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 1998
- Biodegradation of chlorobenzene, 1,2-dichlorobenzene, and 1,4-dichlorobenzene in the vadose zone.Environmental science & technology · 2013
- O-DICHLOROBENZENE (1, 2-DICHLOROBENZENE).American Industrial Hygiene Association journal · 1964
- PMID 419738522026
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- dichlorobenzene
- Mass
- 145.969
- Has use
- insecticide
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- melting point
- 1
- immediately dangerous to life or health
- 1202
- boiling point
- 357
- chemical formula
- C₆H₄Cl₂
- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
- 0189
- density
- 1.30
- found in taxon
- Nepeta racemosa
- vapor pressure
- 1
- flash point
- 151
- lower flammable limit
- 2.2
- upper flammable limit
- 9.2
- ionization energy
- 9.08
- solubility
- 0.01
- ceiling exposure limit
- 300
- canonical SMILES
- C1=CC=C(C(=C1)Cl)Cl
- subject has role
- metabolite
- Commons category
- 1,2-Dichlorobenzene
- electric dipole moment
- 2.50
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Encyclopedic overview
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1,2-Dichlorobenzene, or orthodichlorobenzene (ODCB), is an aryl chloride and isomer of dichlorobenzene with the formula CHCl. This colourless liquid is poorly soluble in water but miscible with most organic solvents. It is a derivative of benzene, substituted with two adjacent chlorine atoms.
It is mainly used as a precursor chemical in the synthesis of agrochemicals, as a preferred solvent for dissolving and working with fullerenes, as an insecticide, and in softening and removing carbon-based contamination on metal surfaces.
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