The molecule is an aromatic amide obtained by formal condensation of the carboxy group of chloroacetic acid with the amnio group of 2,6-diethylaniline. It has a role as a bacterial xenobiotic metabolite, a human xenobiotic metabolite, a rat metabolite, a fungal xenobiotic metabolite, a genotoxin and a carcinogenic agent. It is an organochlorine compound and an aromatic amide. It derives from a chloroacetic acid.
2-chloro-N-(2,6-diethylphenyl)acetamide