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Epichlorohydrin

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Epichlorohydrin is also known as 1-chloro-2,3-epoxypropane, 3-chlorol-1,2-epoxypropane, chloromethyl oxirane, 2-(chloromethyl)oxirane, and chloropropylene oxide. It is used in the manufacture of epoxide resins, surface active agents, pharmaceuticals, and agricultural chemicals (Verschueren 1983). Its structure and properties are shown in Table 1.

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Ware, G.W. (1988). Epichlorohydrin. In: Ware, G.W. (eds) Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol 107. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7083-3_6

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