Ethylene dichloride

CAS 107-06-2

Ethylene dichloride is a listed extraction solvent for spice oleoresins.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Ethylene dichloride 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 173.230retrieved 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 reacting ethylene with chlorine. It is chiefly an industrial intermediate for PVC; the food use is narrow.

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CAS registry number
107-06-2
InChIKey
WSLDOOZREJYCGB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
PubChem
CID 11

Every name it appears under

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

CAS registry number

  • 107-06-2
  • 52399-93-6

As it appears in regulation

  • Ethylene dichloride

Other names

  • -Dichloroethane
  • .alpha.,.beta.-Dichloroethane
  • 1,2 dichloroethane
  • 1,2-Bichloroethane
  • 1,2-DCE
  • 1,2-Dichloorethaan
  • 1,2-Dichlor-aethan
  • 1,2-Dichloraethan
  • 1,2-Dichlorethan
  • 1,2-Dichlorethane
  • 1,2-dichloroethane
  • 1,2-dichloroethane (ethylene dichloride)
  • 1,2-Dichloroethane 100 microg/mL in Methanol
  • 1,2-Dichloroethane, analytical standard
  • 1,2-Dicloroetano
  • 1,2-Ethylene dichloride
  • 1,2-Ethylidene dichloride
  • Aethylenchlorid
  • Aethylendichlorid
  • alpha,Bet
  • alpha,beta-Dichloroethane
  • Bichlorure D'ethylene
  • Borer sol
  • Brocide
  • Caswell No. 440
  • CCRIS 225
  • Chlorure D'ethylene
  • ClCH2CH2Cl
  • Cloruro di ethene
  • DCE
  • Destruxol borer-sol
  • Di-chlor-mulsion
  • Dichlor-Mulsion
  • Dichloremulsion
  • dichloro ethylene
  • Dichloro-1,2-ethane
  • Dichloroethylene
  • Dichlorure d'ethylene
  • Dutch liquid
  • EDC (halocarbon)
  • ENT 1,656
  • EPA Pesticide Chemical Code 042003
  • Ethane dichloride
  • Ethane, 1,2-dichloro-
  • Ethyleendichloride
  • ethylendichloride
  • Ethylene chloride
  • Ethylene dichloride
  • ethylenechloride
  • ethylenedichloride
  • Freon 150
  • Glycol dichloride
  • HCC 150
  • HSDB 65
  • RCRA waste no. U077
  • Rcra waste number U077
  • RY Dichloro-1,2-ethane
  • s-Dichloroethane
  • sym-Dichloroethane

Systematic names

  • 1,2-dichloroethane

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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