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Pentachlorophenol

analytical standard

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
C6Cl5OH
CAS Number:
87-86-5
Molecular Weight:
266.34
UNSPSC Code:
77101502
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329757385
EC Number:
201-778-6
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1285380
MDL number:
MFCD00002162
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grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

100

vapor density

9.2 (vs air)

vapor pressure

40 mmHg ( 211.2 °C)

CofA

current certificate can be downloaded

packaging

ampule of 5000 mg

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable, gas chromatography (GC): suitable

bp

310 °C (lit.)

mp

165-180 °C (lit.)

density

1.978 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

agriculture
cleaning products
cosmetics
environmental
food and beverages
personal care

format

neat

storage temp.

2-30°C

SMILES string

Oc1c(Cl)c(Cl)c(Cl)c(Cl)c1Cl

InChI

1S/C6HCl5O/c7-1-2(8)4(10)6(12)5(11)3(1)9/h12H

InChI key

IZUPBVBPLAPZRR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Pentachlorophenol (PCP) is a chlorinated hydrocarbon, an important industrial chemical and a general biocide. It is primarily used in wood protection.

Application

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Pentachlorophenol may be used as an analytical reference standard for the determination of the analyte in biological and water samples by various chromatography techniques.

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 2 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Carc. 2 - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

6.1A - Combustible acute toxic Cat. 1 and 2 / very toxic hazardous materials

wgk

WGK 3

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Lot/Batch Number
LRAD2076
LC25471V
LC19916V
LC18029V
LC13115V

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Determination of pentachlorophenol in urine: the importance of hydrolysis.
Edgerton TR and Moseman RF
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 27(1), 197-199 (1979)
Determination of pentachlorophenol in water samples by capillary zone electrophoresis.
Turnes MI, et al.
Journal of Chromatography A, 733(1-2), 395-404 (1996)
Paola Di Leo et al.
Journal of hazardous materials, 244-245, 303-310 (2012-12-29)
The existence of a lot of worldwide pentachlorophenol-contaminated sites has induced scientists to concentrate their effort in finding ways to degrade it. Therefore, an effective tool to decompose it from soil mixtures is needed. In this work the efficiency of
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