Chloropentafluoroethane

Chloropentafluoroethane is a listed direct-contact freezing agent. It is CFC-115, also controlled under the Montreal Protocol.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Chloropentafluoroethane by jurisdiction. Every jurisdiction this site covers is listed, including those where the substance does not appear.
JurisdictionStatusScope and limitsCitation
United StatesFood and Drug AdministrationPermitted, with conditions21 CFR 173.345retrieved 2026-09-07
Codex AlimentariusCodex Alimentarius Commission / JECFANot listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.

What it is made from

Produced by fluorinating chlorinated hydrocarbons. Production has been phased out under the Montreal Protocol.

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InChIKey
RFCAUADVODFSLZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
PubChem
CID 6430

Every name it appears under

42 recorded names. A label may use any of them.

E number

  • E945

CAS registry number

  • 76-15-3

As it appears in regulation

  • Chloropentafluoroethane

Other names

  • (Mono)chloropentafluoroethane
  • 1-chloro-1,1,2,2,2-pentafluoro-ethane
  • 1-Chloro-1,1,2,2,2-pentafluoroethane
  • 1-chloro-1,1,2,2,2-pentaluoroethane
  • 1-chloropentafluoroethane
  • Arcton 115
  • BRN 1740329
  • C2ClF5
  • CClF2CF3
  • CFC 115
  • CFC-115
  • Chloropentafluoretano
  • Chloropentafluorethane
  • chloropentafluoro-ethane
  • CHLOROPENTAFLUOROETHANE
  • Chloropentafluoroethane or Regrigerant gas R 115
  • Chloropentafluoroethane, >=98%
  • Chloroperfluoroethane
  • Controlled Substance<br>(Norflurane EP Impurity N)
  • Ethane, chloropentafluoro-
  • Ethane,1-chloro-1,1,2,2,2-pentafluoro-
  • FKW 115
  • Fluorocarbon 115
  • Fluorocarbon-115
  • Freon #115
  • Freon 115
  • Genetron 115
  • Halocarbon 115
  • HSDB 147
  • InChI=1/C2ClF5/c3-1(4,5)2(6,7)
  • MONOCHLOROPEN- 1-(P-CHLOROPHENOXY)-3,3-DIMETHYL-1-(1-TAFLUORETHANE
  • Monochloropentafluoroethane
  • Norflurane EP Impurity N
  • Pentafluorochloroethane
  • Pentafluoroethyl chloride
  • Perfluoroethyl chloride
  • Propellant 115
  • Refrigerant 115
  • SJG47X19V4

Hazard reference values

No reference value for this substance in the sources we hold.

Evidence and how bodies read it

Studies, and the differing conclusions regulators drew from them, are curated by hand rather than machine-read, and none has been written for this substance yet.

Sources for this page

  • ecfr retrieved 2026-09-07

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