لقد تأيض خماسي كلور البنزين إلى المتأيضات الرئيسية التالية: pentachlorophenol (PCP), 2,3,4,5-tetrachlorophenol (TCP), mercaptotetrachloro-phenol (MTCP), the glucuronide derivative of pentachlorothiophenol (PCTP), and the minor metabolites tetrachlorohydroquinone (TCHQ), methylthiotetrachlorophenol (MeTTCP), hydroxytetrachlorophenyl sulphoxide (HTCPS), and bis(methylthio)-trichlorophenol (bis-MeTTriCP).