Trichloronitromethane

Melting point:

-64°; mp -69.2° (corr)

Boiling point:

112 °C

Density 

1.657

vapor pressure 

18.3 at 20 °C (Meister, 1988)

refractive index 

1.461

storage temp. 

0-6°C

solubility 

Miscible with acetone, benzene, carbon disulfide, carbon tetrachloride, ether, and methanol (Worthing and Hance, 1991)

form 

Oily Liquid

Water Solubility 

2,270 mg/L at 0 °C (Gunther et al., 1968)
1.621 g/L at 25 °C (quoted, Windholz et al., 1983)

Merck 

13,2175

BRN 

1756135

Henry's Law Constant

2.44 (static headspace-GC, Welke et al., 1998)

Exposure limits

NIOSH REL: TWA 0.1 ppm, IDLH 2 ppm; OSHA PEL: TWA 0.1 ppm; ACGIH TLV: TWA 0.1 ppm, STEL 0.3 ppm.

Dielectric constant

7.3200000000000003

Stability:

Stable. May decompose violently if heated. Large volumes of this chemical may be shock-sensitive. Reacts violently with sodium methoxide, propargyl bromide and aniline. Incompatible with 3-bromopropyne, strong oxidizers, plastics, rubber, iron, zinc and other light metals.

LogP

2.090

Symbol(GHS) 

GHS06

Signal word 

Danger

Hazard statements 

H302-H315-H319-H330-H335

Precautionary statements 

P260-P284-P305+P351+P338-P310

Hazard Codes 

T+

Risk Statements 

22-26-36/37/38

Safety Statements 

36/37-38-45

RIDADR 

UN 1580

OEB

C

OEL

TWA: 0.1 ppm (0.7 mg/m3)

WGK Germany 

1

RTECS 

PB6300000

HazardClass 

6.1(a)

PackingGroup 

I

HS Code 

29049030

Toxicity

Acute oral LD50 for rats 250 mg/kg (RTECS, 1985).

IDLA

2 ppm