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Chloroform

ReagentPlus®, ≥99.8%, contains 0.5-1.0% ethanol as stabilizer

Synonym(s):

Methylidyne trichloride, Trichloromethane

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
CHCl3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
119.38
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1731042
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12191502
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.04

vapor density

4.1 (vs air)

Quality Level

vapor pressure

160 mmHg ( 20 °C)

product line

ReagentPlus®

assay

≥99.8%

form

liquid

contains

0.5-1.0% ethanol as stabilizer

technique(s)

thin layer chromatography (TLC): suitable

impurities

≤0.03% (water)

color

APHA: ≤10

refractive index

n20/D 1.445 (lit.)

bp

60.5-61.5 °C (lit.)

mp

−63 °C (lit.)

density

1.48 g/mL at 25 °C
1.492 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

ClC(Cl)Cl

InChI

1S/CHCl3/c2-1(3)4/h1H

InChI key

HEDRZPFGACZZDS-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

The product is chloroform and it contains 0.5-1.0% ethanol as a stabilizer. Chloroform, a halogenated hydrocarbon, is widely employed as a solvent. Kinetics and mechanism of its photochemical degradation have been investigated in the presence of TiO2 aqueous suspensions (wavelength range of 310-380nm). Chloroform is a common groundwater pollutant. Its degradation by hydrodechlorination in the presence of Pd and Pd-Au catalysts and by dechlorination induced by glow discharge plasma (GDP) in contact with a sodium sulfate solution have been reported.

Application

Chloroform has been employed as a solvent for loading of pyocyanin on TLC (Thin Layer Chromatography) plate in a study. It can also be used as an extraction solvent in the determination of sodium dodecyl sulfate, via flow injection extraction method.

Legal Information

ReagentPlus is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Carc. 2 - Eye Irrit. 2 - Repr. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT RE 1 Oral - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Liver,Kidney, Respiratory system

Storage Class

6.1D - Non-combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic hazardous materials or hazardous materials causing chronic effects

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

does not flash

flash_point_c

does not flash


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Rajkumar Cheluvappa
MethodsX, 1, 67-73 (2014-01-01)
Preparation of the toxin pyocyanin from the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an exacting procedure. Pyocyanin is expensive to commercially purchase. The sellers do not give out the extraction procedure. Classically, pyocyanin preparation involves complicated multi-step P. aeruginosa culturing and solvent
High activity and regenerability of a palladium-gold catalyst for chloroform degradation.
Velazquez JC, et al.
Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology (2015)
Yongjun Liu et al.
Journal of hazardous materials, 308, 84-90 (2016-01-26)
In this study, efficient dechlorination and decomposition of chloroform (CF) induced by glow discharge plasma (GDP) in contact with a sodium sulfate solution was investigated. Intermediate byproducts were determined by ionic chromatography and headspace gas chromatography, respectively. Results showed that
Photolysis of chloroform and other organic molecules in aqueous titanium dioxide suspensions.
Kormann C, et al.
Environmental Science & Technology, 25(3), 494-500 (1991)
Analytical chemistry in a drop. Solvent extraction in a microdrop.
Liu H and Dasgupta PK.
Analytical Chemistry, 68(11), 1817-1821 (1996)

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