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Chlorobenzene

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C6H5Cl
CAS Number:
108-90-7
Molecular Weight:
112.56
UNSPSC Code:
12352101
NACRES:
NA.04
PubChem Substance ID:
329748963
EC Number:
203-628-5
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
605632
MDL number:
MFCD00000530
Assay:
99%
Bp:
132 °C (lit.)
Vapor pressure:
11.8 mmHg ( 25 °C)
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vapor density

3.86 (vs air)

Quality Level

100

vapor pressure

11.8 mmHg ( 25 °C)

product line

ReagentPlus®

assay

99%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

1178 °F

expl. lim.

7.1 %

dilution

(for general lab use)

refractive index

n20/D 1.524 (lit.)

pH

7

bp

132 °C (lit.)

mp

−45 °C (lit.)

solubility

water: soluble 0.207 g/L at 20 °C

density

1.106 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

Clc1ccccc1

InChI

1S/C6H5Cl/c7-6-4-2-1-3-5-6/h1-5H

InChI key

MVPPADPHJFYWMZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Application

Chlorobenzene may be used in the synthesis of :
  • DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane)
  • acetophenetidin
  • DL-erythrose derivatives, which allows to convert pollutants to synthetically useful chiral intermediates
  • ortho/para-nitrochlorobenzenes and aniline

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Warning

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Aquatic Chronic 2 - Flam. Liq. 3 - Skin Irrit. 2

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

80.6 °F

flash_point_c

27 °C

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Lot/Batch Number
BCCN6377
MKDB4526
BCCN7873
BCCN6226
SDBB4632

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"An enantiodivergent approach to D-and L-erythrose via microbial oxidation of chlorobenzene"
Hudlicky T, et al.
Tetrahedron Letters, 30(31), 4053-4054 (1989)
Cheremisinoff.PN
Industrial Solvents Handbook, Revised And Expanded Chemical Industries, (2) (2003)
Catalysts based on pillared clays for the oxidation of chlorobenzene.
Aznarez A, et al.
Catalysis Today, 246, 15-27 (2015)
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