chloroethanes chloroethane 1-chloroethane 64.008 64.51380 Aethylchlorid Beilstein:1730751 C2H5Cl C2H5Cl CAS:75-00-3 CCCl CHEBI:36019 CHEBI:47554 Chloraethan Drug_Central:3196 EtCl Ethyl chloride Gmelin:100545 HRYZWHHZPQKTII-UHFFFAOYSA-N InChI=1S/C2H5Cl/c1-2-3/h2H2,1H3 KEGG:C18248 KEGG:D04088 Muriatic ether PDBeChem:MCE PMID:19078818 PMID:19769833 PMID:19958731 PMID:21099198 PMID:21137521 PMID:8210013 Patent:CN101844962 Patent:US2396639 Reaxys:1730751 The simplest and least toxic member of the class of chloroethanes, that is ethane in which a single hydrogen is substituted by a chlorine. A colourless gas at room temperature and pressure (boiling point 12degreeC), it is used as a mild topical anaesthetic to numb the skin prior to ear piercing, skin biopsies, etc., and is also used in the treatment of sports injuries. It was formerly used in the production of tetraethyllead. Wikipedia:Chloroethane aethylii chloridum chebi_ontology chlorethyl chloroethane ethyl chloride mono-chloroethane monochlorethane monochloroethane