Hexachloroethane is used as catalyst in preparation of chlorosilanes from hydrosilanes. It is also used to investigate the transformation of hexachloroethane in natural waters and as reagent during polycondensation reaction of p-aminobenzoic acid. It is used as a source of chlorine in the chlorodehydroxylation of alcohols in the presence of triphenylphosphine.
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Applications
Hexachloroethane is used as catalyst in preparation of chlorosilanes from hydrosilanes. It is also used to investigate the transformation of hexachloroethane in natural waters and as reagent during polycondensation reaction of p-aminobenzoic acid. It is used as a source of chlorine in the chlorodehydroxylation of alcohols in the presence of triphenylphosphine.
Solubility
Insoluble in water.
Notes
Store in cool place. Keep container tightly closed in a dry and well-ventilated place. Incompatible with strong bases and strong oxidizing agents.
RUO – Research Use Only
Pongkittiphan V.; Theodorakis EA.; Chavasiri W. Hexachloroethane: a highly efficient reagent for the synthesis of chlorosilanes from hydrosilanes. Tetrahedron Lett. 2009, 50 (36), 5080-5082.
Gary P. Curtis.; Martin. Reinhard. Reductive Dehalogenation of Hexachloroethane, Carbon Tetrachloride, and Bromoform by Anthrahydroquinone Disulfonate and Humic Acid. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1994, 28 (13), 2393-2401.
Alternative to CCl4 (ozone depleter) as a source of Cl in the chlorodehydroxylation of alcohols in the presence of PPh3. See also 1,2-Bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane, A11419. Source of Cl, e.g. in reactions of aryllithiums to give the regiospecifically chloro-substituted derivatives: Tetrahedron Lett., 36, 881 (1995).
In the presence of Dichlorotris(triphenylphosphine)ruthenium(II), L00373, alkenes undergo selective dichlorination; other groups are unaffected: Tetrahedron Lett., 35, 737 (1994).