Chloroacetic Acid

"Chloroacetic acid, industrially known as monochloroacetic acid (MCA) is the organochlorine compound with the formula ClCH₂CO₂H. This carboxylic acidis a useful building-block in organic synthesis."

"The production of chloroacetic acid was 706,000 tonnes/year in 2010,^[2] of which over half is produced in China. Other countries with significant production capacity are Germany (105,000), the Netherlands (100,000), India (>65,000), and the United States (55,000). The world's largest producer is Akzo Nobel."