[Propellants, etc.]
[Hydrocarbons]
[Moisture Reactive]
[Special Chemicals]
[ChemBio Agents]

Chemicals that React with Moisture

Formula

Name, Synonyms

Typical Uses

Al(CH3)3

Trimethyl aluminum

Semiconductors

BBr3

Boron tribromide, Tribromoborane

Boron manufacture

BCl3

Boron trichloride, Trichloroborane*

Catalyst, steel/alloys, semiconductors

BF3

Boron trifluoride, Trifluoroborane*

Mg production, fumigant, catalysis

BrF3

Bromine trifluoride

Fluoride solvent

BrF5

Bromine pentafluoride

Propellant

C2O2Cl2

Oxalyl chloride, Ethanedioyl dichloride

 

C7H10(NCO) 2

Toluene 2,4-diisocyanate*

Polyurethane manufacture

CH3COBr

Acetyl bromide

Organic synthesis (acetylation)

CH3COCl

Acetyl chloride

Organic synthesis (acetylation)

CH3COI

Acetyl iodide

Organic synthesis (acetylation)

ClF3

Chlorine trifluoride

Propellant, nucl. fuel processing, fluor’n

COCl2

Phosgene, Carbon oxychloride, Carbonyl chloride*

Organic synthesis, war gas

COF2

Carbonyl fluoride, Fluorophosgene, Carbon oxyfluoride

 

CrO2Cl2

Chromyl chloride, Chromium oxychloride

Catalyst, oxidizer, Etard reaction

F2

Fluorine*

 

FHSO3

Fluorosulfuric acid

Fluorinating agent

Ga(CH3)3

Trimethyl gallium

Semiconductors

IF5

Iodine pentafluoride

Fluorinating agent

In(CH3)3

Trimethyl indium

Semiconductors

P4Se3

Phosphorus triselenide

 

PCl3

Phosphorus trichloride*

Iridescents, PCl5, POCl3 manufacture

PCl5

Phosphorus pentachloride

Catalyst for making acid chlorides

PF5

Phosphorus pentafluoride

Catalyst in ionic polymerization

POBr3

Phosphorus oxybromide, Phosphoryl bromide

 

POCl3

Phosphorus oxychloride, Phosphoryl chloride*

Chlorinating agent, solvent in cryoscopy

SbCl5

Antimony pentachloride

Catalyst, chlorinating agent

SbF5

Antimony pentafluoride

Catalyst, fluorinating agent

SeOCl2

Selenium oxychloride, Selenyl chloride

Electronics

SeOF2

Selenium oxyfluoride, Selenyl fluoride

Electronics

SF4

Sulfur tetrafluoride*

Fluorinating agent

SiBr3H

Tribromosilane

Organic Synthesis

SiCl2HCH4

Dichloromethylsilane

 

SiCl3CH4

Trichloromethylsilane

 

SiCl3H

Trichlorosilane

Organic synthesis

SiCl4

Silicon tetrachloride, Tetrachlorosilane

Smoke screens

SiF4

Silicon tetrafluoride, Tetrafluorosilane

 

SO2Cl2

Sulfuryl chloride, Sulfur oxychloride

Sulfonating/chlorinating agent, war gas

SOCl2

Thionyl chloride, Sulfurous chloride

Organic synthesis

TiCl4

Titanium tetrachloride*

Smoke screens, iridescents

TiF4

Titanium tetrafluoride

 

UF6

Uranium hexafluoride

Nuclear Industry

VOCl2

Vandium Oxychloride

Smokescreens

Compound found in EPA’s RMP Offsite Consequence Analysis Guidance tables of regulated chemicals 

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