General Description
Light peach-colored powder.
Air & Water Reactions
Slightly water soluble.
Reactivity Profile
Organometallics, such as TRIETHYLLEAD CHLORIDE, are reactive with many other groups. Incompatible with acids and bases. Organometallics are good reducing agents and therefore incompatible with oxidizing agents. Often reactive with water to generate toxic or flammable gases.
Fire Hazard
The flash point of TRIETHYLLEAD CHLORIDE has not been determined, but TRIETHYLLEAD CHLORIDE is probably combustible.
Safety Profile
Poison by
intraperitoneal, subcutaneous, parenteral,
and intravenous routes. An experimental
teratogen. Experimental reproductive
effects. Mutation data reported. When
heated to decomposition it emits very toxic
fumes of Cland Pb. See also LEAD
COMPOUNDS and CHLORIDES.