Trait: colorless fuming liquid with irritating odor
With water and ethanol can be severely decomposed, cooled to -12 °C that is condensed into a white crystalline block. Decompose and escape carbon monoxide at 60°C
Soluble in ether, benzene and chloroform, corrosive and tear-resisting
Mainly used for the synthesis of pesticides and pesticide intermediates and for the synthesis of other organic chlorides.