Molecular formula: C2H3ClO2
molecular weight: 94.49
CAS no. : 79-11-8
Melting point: 61-63 °C Density: 1.58

Boiling point: 189 °C Flash point: 126 °C

Character: have pungent smell colorless crystal, have deliquescence.Soluble in water, ethanol, ethyl ether, chloroform and carbon disulfide, highly corrosive, can destroy all non-precious metals, rubber and wood.
Applications: it is quite useful one of the basic organic raw materials, mainly used for dye intermediates of medicine, pesticide, resin and the dye industry for the production of indigo dye, pharmaceutical industry used in the synthesis of caffeine, adrenaline, vitamin B6, pesticide industry used in the manufacture of dimethoate, herbicide 2, 4 - ding fat, sulphur cyanogen acetic acid, etc., chlorate is mainly used in the production of carbonyl methyl cellulose (CMC).