1, 4-Dichlorobenzene is a compound that you may know as moth balls or naphthalene (1,4-Dichlorobenzene, n.d.). The chemical formula for this compound is C6H4Cl2 which has three elements that are carbon, hydrogen and chlorine. All three of these elements have a combined amount of 12 atoms with carbon having six, hydrogen having four and chlorine having two. 1, 4-Dichlorobenzene is a colorless,
combustible crystalline solid at room temperature with a sweet taste and a strong odor. When the compound reacts with oxygen it slowly vaporizes and when heated at 53.5 it melts (1,4-Dichlorobenzene, 1992).
1, 4-Dichlorobenzene's atomic structure Moth Balls