[9] For instance, The products were identified as with conjectured structures CCl≡C−CCl=CCl−CCl=CCl2 or CCl2=CCl−C≡C−CCl=CCl2, and which were claimed to be cis/trans isomers and atropisomers of CCl2=CCl−CCl=CCl−CCl=CCl2 (octachloro(1,3,5)hexatriene).

[9] Octacholopropane is used by geologists and metallurgists as a model to study the plastic deformation of crystalline minerals and rocks under stress.

The large individual crystalline grains (0.1-1.0 mm diameter) are distinguishable with a polarized light microscope at moderate magnification, and generally retain their size and approximate aspect ratio as the material undergoes shear strain.

[13] Octachloropropane was found to be highly toxic to larvae of the housefly, with an efficiency comparable to decachlorobutane and hexachlorobenzene (BHC).

[14] Octachloropropane was detected as a relatively minor item among dozens of highly chlorinated and perchlorinated hydrocarbons present as contaminants in the carbon tetrachloride produced from methanol by a plant in China,[15] and also in the condensed waste from etching aluminium films in an integrated circuit factory.