
Chloroethane
Chloroethane is the simplest and least toxic member of the class of chloroethanes, that is ethane in which a single hydrogen is substituted by a chlorine. A colourless gas at room temperature and pressure (boiling point 12C), it is used as a mild topical anaesthetic to numb the skin prior to ear piercing, skin biopsies, etc., and is also used in the treatment of sports injuries. It was formerly used in the production of tetraethyllead. It has a role as a local anaesthetic, an inhalation anaesthetic and an antipruritic drug. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- chloroethane
- Molecular formula
- C2H5Cl
- Molecular weight
- 64.51 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 64.0079779 Da
- XLogP3
- 1.2
- Topological polar surface area
- 0.0 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 0
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 0
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:47554
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL46058
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID1020302
- PubMed:22736563
- PubMed:22685458
- PubMed:22629058
- PubMed:22621791
- PubMed:22511113
- PubMed:22460216
- PubMed:22458856
- PubMed:22454736
- PubMed:22336372
- PubMed:22319325
- PubMed:22293908
- PubMed:22286857
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