General Description
SODIUM CHLOROACETATE(3926-62-3) is a white colored powdered solid. SODIUM CHLOROACETATE(3926-62-3) is soluble in water. SODIUM CHLOROACETATE(3926-62-3) may be toxic ingestion or inhalation. SODIUM CHLOROACETATE(3926-62-3) is used to make weed killers, dyes and pharmaceuticals.
Reactivity Profile
Salts, basic, such as SODIUM CHLOROACETATE, are generally soluble in water. The resulting solutions contain moderate concentrations of hydroxide ions and have pH's greater than 7.0. They react as bases to neutralize acids. These neutralizations generate heat, but less or far less than is generated by neutralization of the bases in reactivity group 10 (Bases) and the neutralization of amines. They usually do not react as either oxidizing agents or reducing agents but such behavior is not impossible.
Air & Water Reactions
SODIUM CHLOROACETATE is soluble in water.
Health Hazard
Highly toxic, may be fatal if inhaled, swallowed or absorbed through skin. Avoid any skin contact. Effects of contact or inhalation may be delayed. Fire may produce irritating, corrosive and/or toxic gases. Runoff from fire control or dilution water may be corrosive and/or toxic and cause pollution.
Fire Hazard
Non-combustible, substance itself does not burn but may decompose upon heating to produce corrosive and/or toxic fumes. Containers may explode when heated. Runoff may pollute waterways.
Chemical Properties
Sodium chloroacetate is a white crystalline powder. It is soluble in water. It may be toxic ingestion or inhalation.
Sodium chloroacetate is a reactive and toxic material, so it is hydrolyzed to glycolic acid nearly quantitatively at the end of the production cycle. Chloroacetic acid always contains traces of dichloroacetic acid, a toxic and unreactive material that appears on the California Prop.65 list.
Production Methods
Sodium monochloroacetate is commercially produced through a neutralisation reaction involving monochloroacetic acid and sodium hydroxide or sodium carbonate. This process typically takes place in a controlled reactor system where monochloroacetic acid is gradually added to an aqueous solution of the sodium base, maintaining precise temperature and pH conditions to ensure complete conversion and minimize side reactions. The resulting material is then purified, often via crystallization or filtration and dried.
Flammability and Explosibility
Nonflammable
Biochem/physiol Actions
Actin plays an important role in cell motility, structure and integrity. Smooth muscle actin-α (SMA)/ α2-smooth muscle actin (ACTA2) interacts with β-myosin heavy chain and helps in vascular smooth muscle cell contraction. The encoded protein modulates the expression of c-MET (tyrosine-protein kinase Met) and focal adhesion kinase (FAK) in human lung adenocarcinoma cells, which positively and selectively mediates tumor progression. Mutation in the gene expression leads to thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections (TAAD).
Mechanism of action
Thought to interfere with plant metabolism, leading to growth inhibition and eventual plant death.
