This product is a colorless and irritating liquid, b.p.85~86ºC/8kpa, n20D1.4530, relative density 1.199, f.p.62ChemicalbookºC, soluble in ethers.
Use 3-chloropivaloyl chloride is an intermediate of the herbicides clomazone and oxadiazon.
Used as pharmaceutical and pesticide intermediates, and can be used to synthesize oxadiazon pesticides