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Benzotrichloride

Catalog No. A15652 Name Alfa Aesar
CAS Number 98-07-7 Website
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Purity 98% Email
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SYNONYMS

Title
三氯甲苯
IUPAC name
(trichloromethyl)benzene
IUPAC Traditional name
benzotrichloride
Synonyms
Trichloromethylbenzene
alpha,alpha,alpha-Trichlorotoluene

DATABASE IDS

Merck Index 141109
MDL Number MFCD00000786
EC Number 202-634-5
CAS Number 98-07-7
Beilstein Number 508152

PROPERTIES

Purity 98%
Boiling Point 90-91°C/15mm
Density 1.38
Flash Point 97°C(207°F)
Melting Point -8 to -.5°C
Refractive Index 1.5570
GHS Pictograms GHS05
GHS Pictograms GHS06
GHS Pictograms GHS08
GHS Hazard statements H330-H302-H335-H350-H314-H318
European Hazard Symbols Toxic Toxic (T)
GHS Precautionary statements P260-P303+P361+P353-P304+P340-P305+P351+P338-P320-P330-P405-P501A
Risk Statements 45-22-23-37/38-41
RTECS XT9275000
Safety Statements 53-45
Storage Warning Moisture Sensitive
TSCA Listed
Hazard Class 8
UN Number UN2226
Packing Group II

DETAILS

REFERENCES

  • In the presence of AlCl3, generates the exceptionally stable phenyldichlorocarbenium ion, useful in Friedel-Crafts acylations of otherwise unreactive systems. Thus, acetanilide, benzoylated in quantitative yield, whereas benzoyl chloride is ineffective: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 111, 7659 (1989). For use in other preparations of substituted benzophenones, see: Synthesis, 322 (1991). For benzoylation of phenols under basic, phase-transfer conditions, see: J. Chem. Res., Synop., 392 (1994).