Chloral hydrate
CAS: 302-17-0 | Type: disinfection_byproduct
High Risk (Adults)
Safety Summary
Hazard Profilehazardous
Risk (Adults)High
Risk (Children)High
Regulatory Status
SummaryIARC: Group 2A | California Prop 65 listed
Molecular FormulaC2H3Cl3O2
Molecular Weight165.4
Sources
These citations are the ones recorded for the human adult context.
- IARC Monographs Volume 84: Some Drinking-water Disinfectants and Contaminants, Including Arsenic — Dichloroacetic Acid Group 2B, Trichloroacetic Acid Group 2B (upgraded to 2B in Vol 106, 2014; Group 3 in this Vol 84), MX Group 2B (2004) REGULATORY · 2004
- WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality (4th edition, incorporating the 1st and 2nd addenda, 2022) — Disinfection Byproducts: THMs, HAAs, Chlorite, Bromate, Chloral Hydrate; Guideline Values and Health Basis REGULATORY · 2022
- Guidelines for drinking-water quality: fourth edition incorporating the first, second and third addenda REGULATORY
- PROPOSITION 65 LIST OF CARCINOGENS OR REPRODUCTIVE TOXICANTS REGULATORY · 2026
- IARC Monographs, List of Classifications REGULATORY · 2026
- Chloral hydrate | CASRN 302-17-0 | DTXSID7020261 | IRIS | US EPA, ORD REGULATORY
- ECHA Annex VI to CLP: the unofficial Excel table (up to and including the 23rd ATP) (secondary: unofficial by its own statement) REGULATORY
- identity database ECHA CHEM, Download all substances: REACH registrations (ECHA's own list of REACH-registered substances) REGULATORY · 2026
- TEDX List of Potential Endocrine Disruptors, full export (Excel from the publisher's own search, operator-saved 2026-10-08; list last updated September 2018) REFERENCE_DATABASE
- Permissible Exposure Limits – OSHA Annotated Table Z-1 REGULATORY
- where to look CAMEO Chemicals, as recorded by PubChem (Experimental Properties, CID 2707; where-to-look, not a source of this value) DATABASE · 2026
- EPA CompTox CTX API: predicted properties for DTXSID7020261 (Chloral hydrate) REFERENCE
Same data as the API response, which is open and needs no key. The full per-record source list is available to authenticated callers.
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