Skip to Content
Merck

372978

Chloroform

anhydrous, contains amylenes as stabilizer, ≥99%

Synonym(s):

Methylidyne trichloride, Trichloromethane

Sign In to View Organizational & Contract Pricing.

Select a Size


About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
CHCl3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
119.38
UNSPSC Code:
12191502
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
200-663-8
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1731042
MDL number:
Assay:
≥99%
Grade:
anhydrous
Bp:
60.5-61.5 °C (lit.)
Vapor pressure:
160 mmHg ( 20 °C)
Technical Service
Need help? Our team of experienced scientists is here for you.
Let Us Assist
Technical Service
Need help? Our team of experienced scientists is here for you.
Let Us Assist

InChI key

HEDRZPFGACZZDS-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/CHCl3/c2-1(3)4/h1H

SMILES string

ClC(Cl)Cl

grade

anhydrous

vapor density

4.1 (vs air)

vapor pressure

160 mmHg ( 20 °C)

assay

≥99%

form

liquid

contains

amylenes as stabilizer

packaging

Sure/Seal of 1, 6x1, 2 L, Pure-Pac® 2 of 20 L (USA only)

impurities

<0.001% water, 0.005% water (100mL)

evapn. residue

<0.0003%

color

colorless

refractive index

n20/D 1.445 (lit.)

bp

60.5-61.5 °C (lit.)

mp

−63 °C (lit.)

density

1.48 g/mL at 25 °C, 1.492 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

Quality Level

Looking for similar products? Visit Product Comparison Guide

General description

Chloroform is an organic solvent that can beproduced by the chlorination of methane or lower-chlorinated methanes.

Application

Chloroform can be used as a solvent:
  • To synthesize diaryl ketones.
  • In the palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of aryl­boronic acids with acid chlorides under the phosphine-free condition to synthesize aryl ketones.
It can also be used as a phosgene precursor in Friedel-Crafts-type aminocarbonylation.(3)

Legal Information

Pure-Pac is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Sure/Seal is a trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC

pictograms

Skull and crossbonesHealth hazard

signalword

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 3 - Carc. 2 - Eye Irrit. 2 - Repr. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT RE 1 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Central nervous system, Liver,Kidney

Storage Class

6.1D - Non-combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic hazardous materials or hazardous materials causing chronic effects

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

does not flash

flash_point_c

does not flash

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves


Choose from one of the most recent versions:

Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Lot/Batch Number

It looks like we've run into a problem, but you can still download Certificates of Analysis from our Documents section.

If you need assistance, please contact Customer Support

Already Own This Product?

Find documentation for the products that you have recently purchased in the Document Library.

Visit the Document Library

Our team of scientists has experience in all areas of research including Life Science, Material Science, Chemical Synthesis, Chromatography, Analytical and many others.

Contact Technical Service