Butanedioyl dichloride
[CAS# 543-20-4]

Identification

• Classification: Organic raw materials >> Carboxylic compounds and derivatives >> Carboxylic acid halide
• Name: Butanedioyl dichloride
• Synonyms: Succinic chloride; Succinic dichloride; Succinoyl chloride; Succinoyl dichloride; Succinyl dichloride
• Molecular Formula: C₄H₄Cl₂O₂
• Molecular Weight: 154.98
• CAS Registry Number: 543-20-4
• EC Number: 208-838-0

Properties

• Solubility: Soluble (50 g/L) (25 ºC), Calc.^*
• Density: 1.389±0.06 g/cm³ (20 ºC 760 Torr), Calc.^*
• Melting point: 20 ºC^**
• Boiling point: 1914 ºC^***
• Refractive index: 1.4760 (20 ºC)^****
• Flash point: 76.7±0.0 ºC, Calc.^*

^* Calculated using Advanced Chemistry Development (ACD/Labs) Software V11.02 (©1994-2014 ACD/Labs)

^** "PhysProp" data were obtained from Syracuse Research Corporation of Syracuse, New York (US)

^*** Gross, Hans; Justus Liebigs Annalen der Chemie 1964, V675, P142-50.

^**** Lagidze, D. R.; Soobshcheniya Akademii Nauk Gruzinskoi SSR 1984, V115(1), P89-92.

Safety Data

• Hazard Symbols: C
• Risk Codes: R14;R34
• Safety Description: S26;S36/37/39;S45

Hazard Classification

Hazard	Class	Category Code	Hazard Statement
Skin corrosion	Skin Corr.	1B	H314
Flammable liquids	Flam. Liq.	4	H227
Serious eye damage	Eye Dam.	1	H318
Substances or mixtures corrosive to metals	Met. Corr.	1	H290
Acute toxicity	Acute Tox.	4	H312
Acute toxicity	Acute Tox.	4	H332
Skin corrosion	Skin Corr.	1C	H314
Acute toxicity	Acute Tox.	4	H302

• Transport Information: UN 3265 8 / PGII