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Trichloromethyl chloroformate

Catalog No. A17444 Name Alfa Aesar
CAS Number 503-38-8 Website
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SYNONYMS

Title
氯甲酸三氯甲酯
IUPAC name
trichloromethyl chloroformate
IUPAC Traditional name
trichloromethyl chloroformate
Synonyms
Chloroformic acid trichloromethyl ester
Diphosgene

DATABASE IDS

CAS Number 503-38-8
EC Number 207-965-9
Beilstein Number 970225
Merck Index 143334
MDL Number MFCD00015553

PROPERTIES

Purity 98%
Boiling Point 128°C
Density 1.640
Flash Point >110°C(230°F)
Melting Point -57°C
Refractive Index 1.4570
GHS Pictograms GHS05
GHS Pictograms GHS06
GHS Hazard statements H330-H314-H318
European Hazard Symbols Highly toxic Highly toxic (T+)
GHS Precautionary statements P280-P303+P361+P353-P305+P351+P338-P304+P340-P310
Risk Statements 26-34
RTECS LQ7350000
Safety Statements 26-27/28-36/37/39-45
Storage Warning Moisture Sensitive
TSCA Listed
Hazard Class 6.1
UN Number UN3390
Packing Group I

DETAILS

REFERENCES

  • Convenient replacement for phosgene in many reactions, for example:
  • Conversion of amines to isocyanates: J. Org. Chem., 41, 2070 (1976); Org. Synth. Coll ., 6, 715 (1988). For aliphatic amines, best results were obtained in the presence of the hindered amine 1,8-Bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene, L00313: J. Org. Chem., 61, 3883 (1996).
  • Dehydration of N-monosubstituted formamides to isocyanides: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 16, 259 (1977).
  • Formation of nitriles from oximes Synthesis, 1037 (1986); or carboxamides: Tetrahedron Lett., 27, 2203 (1986).
  • See also Triphosgene, A14932, and Oxalyl chloride, A18012.