1,1,1,2,2,3,3-Heptachloropropane is a compound of chlorine, hydrogen, and carbon.
[1] Its linear formula is C2Cl5CHCl2.
[2] Heptachloropropane is made in a modified Friedel-Crafts or Prins reaction from chloroform and tetrachloroethylene with catalytic aluminum chloride.
Dehydrochlorination with a base gives hexachloropropene.
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