Historical Use of Chlorinated Solvents and Their Stabilizing Compounds - Environmental Investigation and Remediation - page 2

TABLE 1.1
Major Chlorinated Solvents: Formulas and Structures

Solvent

Carbon
Tetrachloride

Methyl
Chloroform Dichloromethane Trichloroethylene Perchloroethylene

CASRN a 56-23-5 71-55-6 75-09-2 79-01-6 127-18-4

Formula CCl 4 C 2 H 3 Cl 3 CH 2 Cl 2 C 2 HCl 3 C 2 Cl 4

Structure

Cl
|

Cl H Cl

|
HCH
|
Cl

Cl H

\ /
CC
/ \
Cl

Cl Cl
\ /
CC
/ \
Cl

|
ClCCH
|

|

—

—

Cl C Cl

|

|
Cl

Cl H Cl

Cl

a CASRN = Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number.

TABLE 1.2
Major Chlorinated Solvents: Identifi cation

Carbon Tetrachloride Methyl Chloroform Dichloromethane Trichloroethylene Perchloroethylene

Tetrachloromethane
Perchloromethane
Methane tetrachloride
Carbon tet
Freon 10
Halon 104
Tetraform
Tetrasol
Tetrachlorocarbon
Carbona

1,1,1-Trichloroethane,
TCA, TCE
Trichloro-1,1,1-ethane
Methyltrichloromethane
Trielene
Aerothene TT™
Chlorothane NU™
Chlorothene SM™
Chlorothene VG™
Chlorothene NU™
Solvent 111
“TRIC”
Inhibisol™
Genklene™
1,1,1-TCE

Methylene chloride,
methane dichloride
Methylene dichloride
Freon 30
Aerothene MM™
DCM

TCE, trichloroethene,
1,1,2-
trichloroethylene
1,1-Dichloro-2-
chloroethylene
Ethylene trichloride
Acetylene trichloride
TRI
Tri-clene
Tri-plus
Triclene™
Trilene™
Trielin
Narcogen
Dow-Tri
Neu-Tri™
Hi-Tri™
Solvent O-T-634C

PCE,
tetrachloroethylene,
tetrachloroethene,
ethylene tetrachloride
Perc, Perclene™
(Diamond Shamrock/
DuPont)
Persec (Vulcan
Materials)
DOWPER™ (Dow
Chemical)
Perchloroethylene
SVG (Dow
Chemical)
Perchlor, Percosolv,
Perklone™, Perstabil
(Solvay et Cie)
Soltene™ (Solvay
et Cie)

Sources: National Library of Medicine, 2006, Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB). National Institutes of Health.
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/ ( accessed March 15, 2006); Doherty, R.E., 2000a, Journal of Environmental Forensics 1:
69-81; Doherty, R.E., 2000b, Journal of Environmental Forensics 1: 83-93; Solvay SA, 2002a, Chlorinated sol-
vents stabilisation. GBR-2900-0002-W-EN Issue 1—19.06.2002, Rue du Prince Albert, 33 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
http://www.solvaychemicals.com (accessed November 9, 2003); and MSDSs cited in Chapter 1 reference list.
Notes: Most commercial trade names in this list are registered trademarks; these are indicated by capitalization; the symbol
™ indicates that the solvent name was once registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark ofi ce, but the name may
no longer be registered or has since been assigned to another product.