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Trichloroacetic acid

Catalog No. A11156 Name Alfa Aesar
CAS Number 76-03-9 Website
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SYNONYMS

Title
三氯乙酸
IUPAC name
trichloroacetic acid
IUPAC Traditional name
trichloroacetic acid
Synonyms
TCA

DATABASE IDS

Beilstein Number 970119
MDL Number MFCD00004177
Merck Index 149627
EC Number 200-927-2
CAS Number 76-03-9

PROPERTIES

Purity 99%
Boiling Point 196°C
Density 1.629
Melting Point 54-58°C
GHS Pictograms GHS05
GHS Pictograms GHS09
GHS Hazard statements H314-H400-H410
European Hazard Symbols Corrosive Corrosive (C)
European Hazard Symbols Nature polluting Nature polluting (N)
GHS Precautionary statements P260-P303+P361+P353-P305+P351+P338-P301+P330+P331-P405-P501A
Risk Statements 35-50/53
RTECS AJ7875000
Safety Statements 26-36/37/39-45-60-61
Storage Warning Hygroscopic
TSCA Listed
Hazard Class 8
UN Number UN1839
Packing Group II

DETAILS

REFERENCES

  • Trihaloacetic acids react with aldehydes in DMSO at room temperature to give trihalomethyl carbinols: J. Chem. Soc., Perkin 2, 1247 (1984):
  • The acid and its Na salt (1:1) in DMF are also effective: Tetrahedron Lett., 33, 3435 (1992). Use of HMPA or DMI extends the scope to less reactive aldehydes: Synthesis, 327 (1990).