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dichloroacetylene
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Dichloroacetylene (DCA) is an organochlorine compound with the formula . It is a colorless, pyrophoric, explosive liquid that has a sweet and "disagreeable" odor. Dichloroacetylene is neurotoxic, hepatotoxic, nephrotoxic and possibly carcinogenic.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C2Cl2
- Molecular weight
- 94.92 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 1,2-dichloroethyne
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- organochlorine compound
- Mass
- 93.938
- Image
- Dikloroasetilen.png
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- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
- 0188
- density
- 1.26
- melting point
- -87
- ceiling exposure limit
- 0.4
- chemical formula
- C₂Cl₂
- canonical SMILES
- C(#CCl)Cl
- Commons category
- Dichloroacetylene
- has characteristic
- flammable liquid
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History and production
- Adventitious routes
- Stability
- Reactions
- Biological role and toxicity
- Additional reading
- See also
- References
Dichloroacetylene (DCA) is an organochlorine compound with the formula . It is a colorless, pyrophoric, explosive liquid that has a sweet and "disagreeable" odor. Dichloroacetylene is neurotoxic, hepatotoxic, nephrotoxic and possibly carcinogenic.
== History and production== Dichloroacetylene was first synthesized via the thermal decarboxylation of barium trichloroacrylate by and J. F. Carriére in 1914:
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