clear colorless to pink-brownish liquid
It is an important raw material and intermediate used in organic synthesis, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and dyestuff.
Colorless to yellow liquid with an odor of chloroform. Sinks in water. Produces irritating vapor.
Highly flammable. Insoluble in water.
2,3-Dichloropropene is incompatible with strong oxidizers.
INHALATION: Vapors are poisonous, painful and irritating. Headache and dizziness may occur. Overexposure may cause liver and kidney damage and even death. EYES: Irritation and lacrimation. May cause transient corneal injury. SKIN: Slight irritation, readily absorbed in toxic amounts causing headache and dizziness and other systematic symptoms. INGESTION: Acute gastrointestinal distress with pulmonary congestion and edema. CNS Depression.
Poison by ingestion.
Moderately toxic by inhalation and skin
contact. Human mutation data reported. A
severe skin irritant. A very dangerous fire
hazard when exposed to heat, flame, or
oxidizers. When heated to decomposition
it emits toxic fumes of Cl-. See also
CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS,
ALIPHATIC .
