Hexachloroacetone is an organic compound with the formula (Cl<sub>3</sub>C)<sub>2</sub>CO. It is also called hexachloropropanone or perchloroacetone. Numbers indicating the position of the chlorine-atoms are generally omitted as all the possible positions are substituted with chlorine. It is a colorless liquid, slightly soluble in water.
Hexachloroacetone functions equivalently to trichloroacetyl chloride, i.e. as a trichloroacetylating agent.
The main use of hexachloroacetone is as a pesticide. For the use of hexachloroacetone in the preparation of a novel insect repellent (see Perkow reaction). The industrial route to hexafluoroacetone involves treatment of hexachloroacetone with HF: