clear colourless to slightly yellow liquid
3-Chlorophenyl isocyanate (3-isocyanato chlorobenzene) was used in the preparation of cis-4-[N-(3-chlorophenyl)carbamoloxyl]-2-butenyl-trimethylammoniumiodide.
3-Chlorophenyl Isocyanate is an intermediate product in the manufacture of monuron, and m-chlorophenyl isocyanate (II). A useful research chemical.
Poison by inhalation
and ingestion. A flammable liquid when
exposed to heat or flame. When heated to
decomposition it emits toxic fumes of Cl-,
CN-, and NOx. See also ESTERS and
THIO CYANATES .