Adipyl chloride is also known as adipic chloride, adipic dichloride. Colorless or light yellow liquid. Boiling point 126 °C (1.60 kPa), 105-107 °C (0.27 kPa), relative density 0Chemicalbook.963, refractive index 1.4263, flash point 50 °C. Miscible with ether and benzene. In case of hot water, hot alcohol decomposition. Poisonous! Easy to absorb water to produce hydrogen chloride gas. It is highly corrosive. Used as pharmaceutical intermediates.