The molecule is a cyclohexadienediol in which the two hydroxy groups are ortho and cis to one another, with chlorine atoms on each of the other four ring carbons. It is a cyclohexadienediol and an organochlorine compound. It derives from a 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobenzene.
(1R,2S)-3,4,5,6-tetrachlorocyclohexa-3,5-diene-1,2-diol