General Description
A colorless liquid. Denser than water. Contact may irritate skin, eyes and mucous membranes. May be toxic by ingestion. Used to make other chemicals.
Reactivity Profile
GLYCEROL ALPHA-MONOCHLOROHYDRIN(96-24-2) is hygroscopic and may be sensitive to prolonged exposure to air. Glycols and their ethers undergo violent decomposition in contact with approximately 70% perchloric acid. .
Air & Water Reactions
Soluble in water. Hygroscopic.
Hazard
Toxic by ingestion, inhalation.
Health Hazard
TOXIC; inhalation, ingestion or skin contact with material may cause severe injury or death. Contact with molten substance may cause severe burns to skin and eyes. 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
Combustible material: may burn but does not ignite readily. When heated, vapors may form explosive mixtures with air: indoors, outdoors and sewers explosion hazards. Contact with metals may evolve flammable hydrogen gas. Containers may explode when heated. Runoff may pollute waterways. Substance may be transported in a molten form.
Chemical Properties
Clear pale yellow liquid
Uses
A metabolite of Dichloropropanols
Uses
It is used in the synthesis of glycerol esters,amines, and other derivatives; to lower thefreezing point of dynamite; and as a rodentchemosterilant (Merck 1989).
Uses
To lower the freezing point of dynamite; in the manufacture of dye intermediates. As rodent chemosterilant.
Definition
ChEBI: A chloropropane-1,2-diol that is propane-1,2-diol substituted by a chloro group at position 3.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Organic Syntheses, Coll. Vol. 1, p. 294, 1941
Synthetic Communications, 24, p. 1959, 1994
DOI: 10.1080/00397919408010203Synthesis, p. 295, 1989
Flammability and Explosibility
Nonflammable
Waste Disposal
Chemical incineration is the most appropriatemethod of disposal.
