CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Physical Description | Ethylbis(2-chloroethyl)amine is a dark liquid with a faint, fishy amine odor. Used as a delayed-action, military casualty agent. |
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Color/Form | Colorless/pale yellow liquid |
Odor | Faint fishy, amine odor |
Boiling Point | 185 °F at 12 mmHg (EPA, 1998) |
Melting Point | -29 °F (EPA, 1998) |
Flash Point | High enough not to interfere with military use of the agent (EPA, 1998) |
Solubility | In water, 160 mg/l @ 25 °C |
Density | 1.0861 at 73.4 °F (EPA, 1998) - Denser than water; will sink |
Vapor Density | 5.9 (EPA, 1998) - Heavier than air; will sink (Relative to Air) |
Vapor Pressure | 0.24 mmHg at 77 °F (EPA, 1998) |
LogP | log Kow = 2.02 @ 25 °C /Estimated/ |
Henry's Law Constant | Henry's Law constant = 3.5X10-4 atm-cu m/mole @ 25 °C /Estimated/ |
Decomposition | When heated to decomposition it emits very toxic fumes of /Hydrogen Chloride and Nitrogen Oxide/. |
Heat of Vaporization | 77 calories per gram |
Refractive Index | Index of refraction =1.4653 at 25 °C/D |
Dissociation Constants | pKa= 6.57 |
Relative Evaporation Rate | Volatility at 25 °C: 2.29 mg/l |
Kovats Retention Index | 1156 1152.5 1153.33 1156 |
Other Experimental Properties | Boils at 66 °C if the pressure is 3 mm Hg; boils at 85.5 °C if the pressure is 12 mm Hg |
Chemical Classes | Toxic Gases & Vapors -> Chemical Weapons |
COMPUTED DESCRIPTORS
Molecular Weight | 170.08 g/mol |
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XLogP3 | 1.8 |
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count | 0 |
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count | 1 |
Rotatable Bond Count | 5 |
Exact Mass | 169.0425048 g/mol |
Monoisotopic Mass | 169.0425048 g/mol |
Topological Polar Surface Area | 3.2 Ų |
Heavy Atom Count | 9 |
Formal Charge | 0 |
Complexity | 53 |
Isotope Atom Count | 0 |
Defined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
Defined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count | 1 |
Compound Is Canonicalized | Yes |
PRODUCT INTRODUCTION
description
Ethylbis(2-chloroethyl)amine is a dark liquid with a faint, fishy amine odor. Used as a delayed-action, military casualty agent.