used extensively as an industrial intermediate, a laboratory reagent, and as an insecticide.
Epichlorohydrin AR 99% (ECH) is one of the more commercially important aliphatic epoxides used extensively as an industrial intermediate, a laboratory reagent, and as an insecticide.
It is a volatile, colourless liquid with an ethereal odour.
PRODUCT NAME
:
EPICHLOROHYDRIN
CAS number
:
106-89-8
UN number
:
2023
Formula
:
C3H5OC1
CHOLOROFORM LIKE
:
Solubility in water
:
SLIGHTLY
Density
:
1.176 at 20oC
Boiling point
:
115 oC
Melting point
:
-57 oC
Viscosity
:
1.12 cp at 20 oC
Flashpoint
:
34 oC
Explosive limits
:
3.8 – 21 Vol%
Vapour pressure
:
17 mbar at 20oC
Skin absorption/irritation
:
YES
TLV Country NL Year 1995
:
1 S ppm 4 S mg/m3
Pollution category 1994
:
A
Epichlorohydrin, which is colourless and poorly soluble in water and has a pungent, chloroform-like odour, is converted to 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol (α-chlorohydrin) in an aqueous milieu at a pH of 7 and 20°C
Epichlorohydrin is a highly reactive electrophilic compound and is used in the production of glycerol, plastics, epoxy glues and resins, epoxy diluents and elastomers