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Methyl chloroacetate

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Synonym(s):

Chloroacetic acid methyl ester, Methyl 2-chloroacetate

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Linear Formula:
ClCH2COOCH3
CAS Number:
96-34-4
Molecular Weight:
108.52
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
24846666
EC Number:
202-501-1
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
506255
MDL number:
MFCD00000931
Assay:
99%
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vapor density

3.8 (vs air)

Quality Segment

100

vapor pressure

10 mmHg ( 25 °C), 5.25 mmHg ( 20 °C)

assay

99%

autoignition temp.

869 °F

expl. lim.

18.5 %

refractive index

n20/D 1.422 (lit.)

bp

130 °C/740 mmHg (lit.)

mp

−33 °C (lit.)

solubility

H2O: insoluble, alcohol: miscible, diethyl ether: miscible

density

1.238 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

functional group

chloro, ester

SMILES string

COC(=O)CCl

InChI

1S/C3H5ClO2/c1-6-3(5)2-4/h2H2,1H3

InChI key

QABLOFMHHSOFRJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Methyl chloroacetate acts as extraction solvent during the separation of neutral compounds with concentration enhancement using coupling liquid–liquid semimicroextraction with micellar electrokinetic chromatography through on-capillary decomposition. It regenerates the PdCl2-CuCl2/activated carbon catalyst used for synthesis of dimethyl carbonate.

Application

Methyl chloroacetate was used in the preparation of (carboxymethyl) trimethylammonium chloride esters. It may be used in the synthesis of octakis-(carbethoxymethoxy)calix[8]arene.

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Liq. 3 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

116.6 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

47 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

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