RT Report
T1 Selected Chloroalkyl Ethers - Enviromnental Health Criteria 201
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A1 International Labour Organisation, 
A1 World Health Organization, 
K1 toxic substance
K1 chemical
SN 92 4 157201 9
YR 1998
FD 1998
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/29534
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/29534
NO Bis(2-chloroethyl) ether (BCEE), bis(chloromethyl) ether (BCME) and chioromethyl methyl ether (CMME) are chemicals from a large class known as chloroalkyl ethers. The three ethers are colourless volatile liquids at room temperature having characteristic odours. The vapour pressure of these three compounds is high. The solubility of BCEE is 1.7% in water and its octanollwater partition coefficient is 1.46. The a-chloroalkyl ethers BCME and CMME are reactive compounds, hydrolysing rapidly in aqueous media (with halflives of approximately 38 seconds and <0.007 seconds, respectively); hydrolysis of the more stable -ch1oroether BCEE is slower (with a half-life in water of about 20 years).
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 17, 2026