2,3,4,5-Tetrachlorophenol is a halogenated phenol found in textiles and leather products.
ChEBI: A tetrachlorophenol in which the chlorines are located at positions 2, 3, 4, and 5.
Needles (from petroleum ether, ligroin) or beige solid.
2,3,4,5-TETRACHLOROPHENOL is incompatible with acid chlorides, acid anhydrides and oxidizing agents .
Flash point data for 2,3,4,5-TETRACHLOROPHENOL are not available. 2,3,4,5-TETRACHLOROPHENOL is probably combustible.
Crystallise the phenol from pet ether. The benzoate has m 110o (from EtOH). [Beilstein 6 II 182, 6 III 729, 6 IV 1020.]