CHEBI:39227 - hexachloroethane

ChEBI IDCHEBI:39227
ChEBI Namehexachloroethane
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DefinitionA member of the class of chloroethanes that is ethane in which all the hydrogens are replaced by chloro groups.
Last Modified28 July 2014
SubmitterKirill Degtyarenko
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FormulaC2Cl6
Net Charge0
Average Mass236.740
Monoisotopic Mass233.81312
SMILESClC(Cl)(Cl)C(Cl)(Cl)Cl
InChIInChI=1S/C2Cl6/c3-1(4,5)2(6,7)8
InChIKeyVHHHONWQHHHLTI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Wikipedia
Roles Classification
Biological Role:
carcinogenic agent  A role played by a chemical compound which is known to induce a process of carcinogenesis by corrupting normal cellular pathways, leading to the acquistion of tumoral capabilities.
Application:
refrigerant  A substance used in a thermodynamic heat pump cycle or refrigeration cycle that undergoes a phase change from a gas to a liquid and back. Refrigerants are used in air-conditioning systems and freezers or refrigerators and are assigned a "R" number (by ASHRAE - formerly the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers), which is determined systematically according to their molecular structure.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
hexachloroethane (CHEBI:39227) has role carcinogenic agent (CHEBI:50903)
hexachloroethane (CHEBI:39227) has role refrigerant (CHEBI:78433)
hexachloroethane (CHEBI:39227) is a chlorocarbon (CHEBI:39226)
hexachloroethane (CHEBI:39227) is a chloroethanes (CHEBI:36016)
IUPAC Name 
hexachloroethane
Synonyms  Source
carbon hexachlorideNIST Chemistry WebBook
1,1,1,2,2,2-hexachloroethaneChemIDplus
HexachloräthanChEBI
HexachlorethanChEBI
perchloroethaneNIST Chemistry WebBook
C2Cl6IUPAC
Manual XrefsDatabases
C19248KEGG COMPOUND
HEXACHLOROETHANEMetaCyc
CN103086839Patent
CN202185170Patent
HexachloroethaneWikipedia
Registry NumbersSources
Gmelin:26648Gmelin
Reaxys:1740341Reaxys
CAS:67-72-1NIST Chemistry WebBook
CAS:67-72-1ChemIDplus
CAS:67-72-1KEGG COMPOUND
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