2-chloroacrylonitrile is colorless liquid, b.p.87 ~ 90℃, n20D 1.432, relative density 1.10, insoluble in water, soluble in carbon tetrachloride, ether and other organic solvents.

It can be widely used as intermediate materials for medicine and photosensitive materials. As an important pesticide intermediate, 2-chloropropionitrile is mainly used to synthesize aryl pyrrolidinitrile insecticides and fungicides, among which the more important insecticide and acaricide - bromfenitrile (also known as elimination); As an intermediate of pharmaceutical synthesis, it is used in the production of anti-rheumatic drugs to replace Mogakon and its homolog, and also used in the production of anti-drug drug lofoxetine hydrochloride (2 -[1-(2, 6-dichlorophenoxy) ethyl] -2-imidazoline salt) synthesis; It is also widely used as intermediate materials for photosensitive materials.