Benzyl chloride

• Catalog No.: A12481
• CAS Number: 100-44-7
• M. F.: C7H7Cl
• M. W.: 126.58348
• Purity: 99%, stab.

SYNONYMS

• Title: 苄基 氯
• IUPAC name: (chloromethyl)benzene
• IUPAC Traditional name: benzyl chloride
• Synonyms: alpha-Chlorotoluene

DATABASE IDS

• Merck Index: 141129
• MDL Number: MFCD00000889
• Beilstein Number: 471308
• CAS Number: 100-44-7
• EC Number: 202-853-6

PROPERTIES

• Purity: 99%, stab.
• Boiling Point: 178-180°C
• Density: 1.099
• Flash Point: 73°C(163°F)
• Melting Point: -43°C
• Refractive Index: 1.5380
• Solubility: Miscible with alcohol, ether. Insoluble in water
• GHS Hazard statements: H331-H302-H315-H335-H350-H373-H318-H227
• European Hazard Symbols: Toxic (T)
• GHS Precautionary statements: P210-P260-P305+P351+P338-P302+P352-P405-P501A
• Risk Statements: 45-22-23-37/38-41-48/22
• RTECS: XS8925000
• Safety Statements: 53-45
• TSCA Listed: 是
• Hazard Class: 6.1
• UN Number: UN1738
• Packing Group: II

REFERENCES

• Benzyllithium and substituted analogues have proved difficult to generate in a pure state owing to competing Wurtz coupling. Conditions have been described for efficient generation of benzyllithiums from the chlorides using Li naphthalenide in a mixed diethyl ether - THF - petroleum ether solvent system at -95^o: J. Chem. Soc., Perkin 1, 185 (1995).
• Amidocarbonylation with acetamide and a CO/H₂ mixture under pressure, in the presence of Co₂(CO)₈ catalyst, provides a novel route to N-acetyl-DL-phenylalanine: J. Org. Chem., 61, 1842 (1996).