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Chloroacetic acid

Catalog No. A11482 Name Alfa Aesar
CAS Number 79-11-8 Website
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SYNONYMS

Title
氯乙酸
IUPAC name
2-chloroacetic acid
IUPAC Traditional name
chloroacetic acid
Synonyms
Monochloroacetic Acid

DATABASE IDS

Beilstein Number 605438
Merck Index 142112
MDL Number MFCD00002683
EC Number 201-178-4
CAS Number 79-11-8

PROPERTIES

Purity 99%
Boiling Point 189°C
Density 1.404
Flash Point 126°C(258°F)
Melting Point 60-63°C
Solubility Soluble in water, alcohols, benzene, chloroform, ether
GHS Pictograms GHS05
GHS Pictograms GHS06
GHS Pictograms GHS09
GHS Hazard statements H301-H311-H331-H314-H400
European Hazard Symbols Toxic Toxic (T)
European Hazard Symbols Nature polluting Nature polluting (N)
GHS Precautionary statements P260-P301+P310-P303+P361+P353-P305+P351+P338-P361-P405-P501A
Risk Statements 23/24/25-34-50
RTECS AF8575000
Safety Statements 26-36/37/39-45-61-63
Storage Warning Hygroscopic
TSCA Listed
Hazard Class 6.1
UN Number UN1751
Packing Group II

DETAILS

REFERENCES

  • A convenient one-pot alternative to the Knoevenagel or Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reactions for the synthesis of ɑ-unsubstituted cinnamic acids involves the reaction of chloroacetic acid with dimethyl phosphite in the presence of sodium methoxide, and treatment of the resulting phosphonoacetate salt with a benzaldehyde: J. Org. Chem., 46, 2514 (1981):
  • For a more general version of this reaction, applicable to the synthesis of a variety of substituted acrylic acids, see 2-Bromopropionic acid, A17569.