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chloroacetic acid

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Description

chloroacetic acid: urinary metabolite of vinyl chloride; RN given refers to parent cpd; structure [Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), National Library of Medicine, extracted Dec-2023]

chloroacetic acid : A chlorocarboxylic acid that is acetic acid carrying a 2-chloro substituent. [Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI), Hastings J, Owen G, Dekker A, Ennis M, Kale N, Muthukrishnan V, Turner S, Swainston N, Mendes P, Steinbeck C. (2016). ChEBI in 2016: Improved services and an expanding collection of metabolites. Nucleic Acids Res]

Cross-References

ID SourceID
PubMed CID300
CHEMBL ID14090
CHEBI ID27869
MeSH IDM0049836

Synonyms (137)

Synonym
BIDD:ER0630
CHEBI:27869 ,
alpha-chloro-acetic acid
acide monochloracetique
acide chloroacetique
chloracetic acid
2-chloroacetic acid
2-chloro-ethanoic acid
2-chloro-acetic acid
nsc42970
nsc-42970
chloroacetic acid crystalline
chloroacetic
chloroacetic acid, molten
chloroacetic acid, liquid
alpha-chloroacetic acid
acide chloracetique [iso-french]
kyselina chloroctova [czech]
un3250
chloroacetic acid [bsi:iso]
chloroacetic acid, molten [un3250] [poison]
un1750
acide chloracetique [french]
chloroacetic acid, solid [un1751] [poison]
acide chloroacetique [french]
nci-c60231
monochloroacetic acid [bsi:iso]
einecs 201-178-4
monochloracetic acid
un1751
ccris 2117
ai3-25035
caswell no. 179b
acidomonocloroacetico [italian]
brn 0605438
epa pesticide chemical code 279400
monochloressigsaeure [german]
chloroacetic acid (80% or less)
monochloorazijnzuur [dutch]
hsdb 939
nsc 142
acide monochloracetique [french]
SJPHLQDIKTP@ ,
acetocaustin (tn)
D07677
NCGC00091473-01
monochloorazijnzuur
monochloressigsaeure
acide chloracetique
chloroacetic acid, solid
CHLOROACETIC-ACID ,
wln: qv1g
chloroacetic acid
monochloracetic acidacide monochloracetique
chloroethanoic acid
C06755
nsc-142
acetic acid, chloro-
monochloroacetic acid
79-11-8
monochloroethanoic acid
.alpha.-chloroacetic acid
nsc142
acidomonocloroacetico
inchi=1/c2h3clo2/c3-1-2(4)5/h1h2,(h,4,5)
focautsvdikzop-uhfffaoysa-
chloroacetic acid, analytical standard
chloroacetic acid, acs reagent, >=99.0%
NCIOPEN2_002217
acetocaustin
mcaa
chloroacetic acid, 99%
C2123
AKOS000118920
smr000568484
MLS001065621
chloroacetic acid, solid [un1751] [poison]
chloroacetic acid, molten [un3250] [poison]
BMSE000367
chloroacetic acid, acs
CHEMBL14090
NCGC00091473-02
NCGC00091473-03
r3w ,
LMFA01090068
dtxcid20901
tox21_201114
NCGC00258666-01
dtxsid4020901 ,
cas-79-11-8
5gd84y125g ,
4-02-00-00474 (beilstein handbook reference)
acetic acid, 2-chloro-
unii-5gd84y125g
kyselina chloroctova
ec 201-178-4
chloroacetic acid-13c2
chloroacetic acid [iso]
monochloroacetic acid [who-dd]
chloroacetic acid [inci]
monochloroacetic acid [vandf]
monochloroacetic acid [mart.]
chloroacetic acid [hsdb]
chloroacetic acid [vandf]
chloroacetic acid [mi]
monochloro acetic acid
cloroacetic acid
chloro-acetic acid
clch2cooh
chloro acetic acid
monochloro-acetic acid
ch2clcooh
un 1751
mfcd00002683
J-520023
F2190-0289
chloroacetic acid, jis special grade, >=99.0%
chloroacetic acid, purum, >=97.0% (t)
chloroacetic acid, >=99%
chloroacetic acid, pestanal(r), analytical standard
chloroacetic acid, puriss., >=99.0% (t)
chloroacetic acid, for synthesis, 99.0%
chloroacetic acid 1000 microg/ml in methyl-tert-butyl ether
chloroacetic acid, solid (dot)
BCP20585
Q409013
STL197882
BBL037260
STR00326
EN300-16767
chloressigsauer
acidomono chloroacetico
monochloor azijnzuur
monochloroacetic acid (mart.)
acide chloracetique (iso-french)
chlorethansauere
acide monochloroacetique

Research Excerpts

Overview

Monochloroacetic acid (MCA) is a chlorination by-product of drinking water. It is a toxic chemical used as a herbicide and in the synthesis of various organic compounds.

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
"Monochloroacetic acid (MCA) is a chemically stable and biologically toxic pollutant. "( Catalytic hydrodechlorination of monochloroacetic acid in wastewater using Ni-Fe bimetal prepared by ball milling.
Jia, L; Wu, K; Xu, F; Zhao, J; Zhu, H, 2015
)
1.25
"Monochloroacetic acid (MCA) is a chlorination by-product of drinking water."( Interactive toxicity and stress protein expression by vinylidene chloride and monochloroacetate in precision-cut rat liver slices.
Gandolfi, J; Wijeweera, J; Zheng, XH, 1998
)
0.78
"Monochloroacetic acid (MCA) is a toxic chemical used as a herbicide and in the synthesis of various organic compounds. "( Toxicokinetics of monochloroacetic acid: a whole-body autoradiography study.
Ahmed, AE; Ansari, GA; Bhat, HK, 1990
)
1.15

Actions

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
"Chloroacetic acid promotes an efficient and diastereoselective intramolecular cascade reaction of electron-deficient ynenones to deliver products featuring a 2,3,5-trisubstituted furan bearing a fused cyclopropyl substituent at the 5-position. "( Synthesis of cyclopropyl-substituted furans by brønsted Acid promoted cascade reactions.
Boyer, A; Clark, JS; Farrugia, LJ; Hamid, MH; Hogg, KF; Redman, JC; Richter, SC; Romiti, F, 2015
)
1.86

Toxicity

Monochloroacetic acid (MCA) causes front paw rigidity in 10% of mice surviving a single oral toxic dose (320-380 mg/kg)

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
" Chloroacetic acids are also metabolites of widely used and toxic halogenated hydrocarbons."( Ninety day toxicity study of chloroacetic acids in rats.
Ansari, GA; Bhat, HK; Campbell, GA; Kanz, MF, 1991
)
1.48
" Based on the observation of toxicity at all treatment levels in males, a lowest observed adverse effect level (LOAEL) of 15 mg/kg per day is proposed for a 90-day exposure to SMCA by oral gavage to the Sprague--Dawley rat."( Ninety-day toxicity study of sodium monochloroacetate in Sprague-Dawley rats.
Daniel, FB; Olson, GR; Page, NP; Robinson, M; Stober, JA, 1991
)
0.28
"Monochloroacetic acid (MCA) causes front paw rigidity in 10% of mice surviving a single oral toxic dose (320-380 mg/kg)."( Monochloroacetic acid toxicity in the mouse associated with blood-brain barrier damage.
Berardi, MR; Cooper, KR; Snyder, R; Waritz, RS, 1987
)
1.39
", this toxic effect is not accompanied by an increase in intramyocardial citrate levels."( A 13C NMR study of 2-(13)C-chloroacetaldehyde, a metabolite of ifosfamide and cyclophosphamide, in the isolated perfused rabbit heart model. Initial observations on its cardiotoxicity and cardiac metabolism.
Loqueviel, C; Malet-Martino, M; Martino, R, 1997
)
0.3
" MCA was the most toxic to Myriophyllum spp."( Haloacetic acids in the aquatic environment. Part I: macrophyte toxicity.
Hanson, ML; Solomon, KR, 2004
)
0.32
" The ethyl acetate-3M2B combinations were somewhat more toxic than predicted for dose-addition, a finding differing from that observed previously for α-halogenated acetonitriles with 3M2B."( Mixture toxicity of S(N)2-reactive soft electrophiles: 2-evaluation of mixtures containing ethyl α-halogenated acetates.
Dawson, DA; Jeyaratnam, J; Mooneyham, T; Pöch, G; Schultz, TW, 2011
)
0.37
"Chronic exposure to drinking water disinfection byproducts has been linked to adverse health risks."( Human cell toxicogenomic analysis linking reactive oxygen species to the toxicity of monohaloacetic acid drinking water disinfection byproducts.
Attene-Ramos, MS; Pals, J; Plewa, MJ; Wagner, ED; Xia, M, 2013
)
0.39
" Therefore, the DNA damage-responsive p53 pathway may be an important piece of information to fill in a gap in the adverse outcome pathway framework for the assessment of HBQs."( In Vitro Cytotoxicity and Adaptive Stress Responses to Selected Haloacetic Acid and Halobenzoquinone Water Disinfection Byproducts.
Escher, BI; Leusch, FD; Plewa, MJ; Procházka, E, 2015
)
0.42
" Herein, CAA was used to test its adverse effects on CAT and explore the underlying mechanism."( In vitro toxicity and molecular interacting mechanisms of chloroacetic acid to catalase.
Liu, R; Wang, J; Zhang, H; Zheng, X; Zong, W, 2020
)
0.8
" This study may provide information about the minimum concentration of CAA in the water environment, which is safe for aquatic organisms, especially during the global coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic period."( Toxicity effects of disinfection byproduct chloroacetic acid to Microcystis aeruginosa: Cytotoxicity and mechanisms.
Hou, M; Ji, X; Li, Y; Meng, L; Ni, J; Tian, F; Wang, R; Xu, W; Yang, L; Ye, J, 2023
)
1.17

Pharmacokinetics

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
"3), whereas MCA modified the Cmax (x1."( Evaluation of the influence of chloroacetic acids on the pharmacokinetics of trihalomethanes in the rat.
Krishnan, K; St-Pierre, A; Tardif, R, 2003
)
0.6

Bioavailability

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
" Exposure to HAAs is influenced by consumption patterns and diet of individuals thus their bioavailability is an important parameter to the overall toxicity."( In vitro bioacessibility and transport across Caco-2 monolayers of haloacetic acids in drinking water.
Faria, MA; Ferreira, IMPLVO; Mansilha, C; Melo, A; Pinto, E, 2016
)
0.43

Dosage Studied

ExcerptRelevanceReference
" Pulmonary excretion of unchanged vinyl chloride after oral dosing is complete within 3-4 h, but pulmonary elimination of CO2 and renal excretion of metabolites occupies 3 days."( The biological fate in rats of vinyl chloride in relation to its oncogenicity.
Green, T; Hathway, DE, 1975
)
0.25
" Males pretreated with MCA had 45-fold greater plasma alanine aminotransferase (ALT) compared to the saline pretreated group similarly dosed with CHCl3."( Sex differences in monochloroacetate pretreatment effects on chloroform toxicity in rats.
Berndt, WO; Davis, ME, 1992
)
0.28
" Dosage levels of 15, 30, 60 or 120 mg/kg per day were employed."( Ninety-day toxicity study of sodium monochloroacetate in Sprague-Dawley rats.
Daniel, FB; Olson, GR; Page, NP; Robinson, M; Stober, JA, 1991
)
0.28
" Dosing F344 rats with 200 mg/kg TCA in water or corn oil for 10 days increased peroxisome proliferation 179 and 278%, respectively, above the vehicle controls."( Species and strain sensitivity to the induction of peroxisome proliferation by chloroacetic acids.
Daniel, FB; DeAngelo, AB; McMillan, L; Savage, RE; Wernsing, P, 1989
)
0.5
" Animals were euthanized at different time intervals after dosing and tissues procured."( Kinetics of monochloroacetic acid in adult male rats after intravenous injection of a subtoxic and a toxic dose.
Fried, K; Rozman, KK; Saghir, SA, 2001
)
0.66
" Using the P53(def) transgenic mouse model male and female C57BL/6J hybrid mice were used to investigate potential cancer inducing effects from such oral dosing solutions."( Toxicological aspects of treatment to remove cyanobacterial toxins from drinking water determined using the heterozygous P53 transgenic mouse model.
Seawright, A; Senogles-Derham, PJ; Shahin, M; Shaw, G; Wickramisingh, W, 2003
)
0.32
" About 70-80% of radioactivity recovered from the small intestine of orally dosed rats was parent compound."( Kinetics of monochloroacetic acid at subtoxic and toxic doses in rats after single oral and dermal administrations.
Rozman, KK; Saghir, SA, 2003
)
0.66
" Different dosing regimens were employed to demonstrate that the key to Haber's Rule lies not in the route of administration but in conducting experiments under conditions of kinetic steady state."( Validation of Haber's Rule (dose x time = constant) in rats and mice for monochloroacetic acid and 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin under conditions of kinetic steady state.
Lebofsky, M; Pinson, DM; Rozman, KK; Saghir, SA, 2005
)
0.56
" We investigated dose-response effects, hypoglycemia, and lung injury in rats exposed to MCA."( Lethal acute lung injury and hypoglycemia after subcutaneous administration of monochloroacetic acid.
Dote, T; Fujihara, M; Kato, J; Kono, K; Shimbo, Y; Shimizu, H, 2006
)
0.56
"When total trihalomethanes and the 5 regulated haloacetic acids concentrations were divided into quartiles, no clear dose-response relationship was found with SGA."( Maternal exposure to drinking-water chlorination by-products and small-for-gestational-age neonates.
Catto, C; Gingras, S; Legay, C; Levallois, P; Marcoux, S; Rodriguez, M; Tardif, R, 2012
)
0.38
[information is derived through text-mining from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Roles (2)

RoleDescription
alkylating agentHighly reactive chemical that introduces alkyl radicals into biologically active molecules and thereby prevents their proper functioning. It could be used as an antineoplastic agent, but it might be very toxic, with carcinogenic, mutagenic, teratogenic, and immunosuppressant actions. It could also be used as a component of poison gases.
herbicideA substance used to destroy plant pests.
[role information is derived from Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI), Hastings J, Owen G, Dekker A, Ennis M, Kale N, Muthukrishnan V, Turner S, Swainston N, Mendes P, Steinbeck C. (2016). ChEBI in 2016: Improved services and an expanding collection of metabolites. Nucleic Acids Res]

Drug Classes (2)

ClassDescription
chlorocarboxylic acidA carboxylic acid containing at least one chloro group.
haloacetic acidA monocarboxylic acid that is acetic acid in which one of the methyl hydrogens has been replaced by a halogen atom.
[compound class information is derived from Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI), Hastings J, Owen G, Dekker A, Ennis M, Kale N, Muthukrishnan V, Turner S, Swainston N, Mendes P, Steinbeck C. (2016). ChEBI in 2016: Improved services and an expanding collection of metabolites. Nucleic Acids Res]

Pathways (1)

PathwayProteinsCompounds
Metabolism of dichloroethylene by CYP450010

Protein Targets (7)

Potency Measurements

ProteinTaxonomyMeasurementAverage (µ)Min (ref.)Avg (ref.)Max (ref.)Bioassay(s)
RAR-related orphan receptor gammaMus musculus (house mouse)Potency32.33580.006038.004119,952.5996AID1159521; AID1159523
thyroid stimulating hormone receptorHomo sapiens (human)Potency31.62280.001318.074339.8107AID926; AID938
nuclear receptor subfamily 1, group I, member 3Homo sapiens (human)Potency23.57640.001022.650876.6163AID1224838; AID1224893
retinoic acid nuclear receptor alpha variant 1Homo sapiens (human)Potency58.96120.003041.611522,387.1992AID1159555
estrogen nuclear receptor alphaHomo sapiens (human)Potency18.79950.000229.305416,493.5996AID743075
thyroid stimulating hormone receptorHomo sapiens (human)Potency26.33700.001628.015177.1139AID1259385
nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 isoform 1Homo sapiens (human)Potency29.70300.000627.21521,122.0200AID651741; AID743202; AID743219
[prepared from compound, protein, and bioassay information from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Bioassays (8)

Assay IDTitleYearJournalArticle
AID23252Partition coefficient (logP) (benzene)1987Journal of medicinal chemistry, Jul, Volume: 30, Issue:7
The role of solvent-accessible surface area in determining partition coefficients.
AID23256Partition coefficient (logP) (hexane)1987Journal of medicinal chemistry, Jul, Volume: 30, Issue:7
The role of solvent-accessible surface area in determining partition coefficients.
AID23253Partition coefficient (logP) (carbon tetrachloride)1987Journal of medicinal chemistry, Jul, Volume: 30, Issue:7
The role of solvent-accessible surface area in determining partition coefficients.
AID23254Partition coefficient (logP) (chloroform)1987Journal of medicinal chemistry, Jul, Volume: 30, Issue:7
The role of solvent-accessible surface area in determining partition coefficients.
AID384212Mutagenic activity in Salmonella Typhimurium TA100 assessed as logarithm of his+ revertant number increasing activity by amens test2008Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, May-15, Volume: 16, Issue:10
Halogenated derivatives QSAR model using spectral moments to predict haloacetic acids (HAA) mutagenicity.
AID23251Partition coefficient (logP)1987Journal of medicinal chemistry, Jul, Volume: 30, Issue:7
The role of solvent-accessible surface area in determining partition coefficients.
AID237685Lipophilicity determined as logarithm of the partition coefficient in the alkane/water system2005Journal of medicinal chemistry, May-05, Volume: 48, Issue:9
Calculating virtual log P in the alkane/water system (log P(N)(alk)) and its derived parameters deltalog P(N)(oct-alk) and log D(pH)(alk).
AID23255Partition coefficient (logP) (ether)1987Journal of medicinal chemistry, Jul, Volume: 30, Issue:7
The role of solvent-accessible surface area in determining partition coefficients.
[information is prepared from bioassay data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Research

Studies (232)

TimeframeStudies, This Drug (%)All Drugs %
pre-199048 (20.69)18.7374
1990's33 (14.22)18.2507
2000's76 (32.76)29.6817
2010's66 (28.45)24.3611
2020's9 (3.88)2.80
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Market Indicators

Research Demand Index: 70.01

According to the monthly volume, diversity, and competition of internet searches for this compound, as well the volume and growth of publications, there is estimated to be very strong demand-to-supply ratio for research on this compound.

MetricThis Compound (vs All)
Research Demand Index70.01 (24.57)
Research Supply Index5.51 (2.92)
Research Growth Index4.64 (4.65)
Search Engine Demand Index121.27 (26.88)
Search Engine Supply Index2.02 (0.95)

This Compound (70.01)

All Compounds (24.57)

Study Types

Publication TypeThis drug (%)All Drugs (%)
Trials4 (1.65%)5.53%
Reviews3 (1.24%)6.00%
Case Studies13 (5.37%)4.05%
Observational0 (0.00%)0.25%
Other222 (91.74%)84.16%
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]