1,2-dichloroethane (CHEBI:27789)

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ChEBI Name	1,2-dichloroethane

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:27789

Definition	A member of the class of chloroethanes substituted by two chloro groups at positions 1 and 2.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

Secondary ChEBI IDs	CHEBI:49557, CHEBI:497, CHEBI:18881

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Formula

C2H4Cl2

Net Charge

Average Mass

98.95856

Monoisotopic Mass

97.96901

InChI

InChI=1S/C2H4Cl2/c3-1-2-4/h1-2H2

InChIKey

WSLDOOZREJYCGB-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

ClCCCl

Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s):	non-polar solvent

Biological Role(s):	hepatotoxic agent A role played by a chemical compound exihibiting itself through the ability to induce damage to the liver in animals. mutagen An agent that increases the frequency of mutations above the normal background level, usually by interacting directly with DNA and causing it damage, including base substitution.

Application(s):	non-polar solvent

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	1,2-dichloroethane (CHEBI:27789) has role hepatotoxic agent (CHEBI:50908) 1,2-dichloroethane (CHEBI:27789) has role mutagen (CHEBI:25435) 1,2-dichloroethane (CHEBI:27789) has role non-polar solvent (CHEBI:48355) 1,2-dichloroethane (CHEBI:27789) is a chloroethanes (CHEBI:36016)

IUPAC Name

1,2-dichloroethane

Last Modified

17 June 2021