Chloroacetyl chloride appears as a colorless to light yellow liquid with a very pungent odor Very toxic by inhalation
Chloroacetyl chloride can be utilized for chloroacetylation and compound change of poly(glycidyl methacrylate). Chloroacetyl chloride was utilized to contemplate the in vitro digestion of chloroacetamide herbicides by rodent and human liver microsomes. The fundamental utilization of chloroacetyl chloride is in the assembling of herbicides utilized in agribusiness. Particularly, famous herbicides, for example, alachlor and butachlor are made utilizing chloroacetyl chloride . Notwithstanding, because of the way that such herbicides make ecological contamination, creation and utilization of alachlor and butachlor has been prohibited in the EU area. In any case, a few nations in Latin America and in the Asia Pacific area proceed with the utilization of such herbicides and consequently the interest of these herbicides is consistent and rising. This is relied upon to help the development of the worldwide chloroacetyl chloride market. In the event of health related crises, the human bod