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Ethyl chloroformate

97%

Synonym(s):

Chloroformic acid ethyl ester

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Linear Formula:
ClCOOC2H5
CAS Number:
541-41-3
Molecular Weight:
108.52
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
24851187
EC Number:
208-778-5
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
385653
MDL number:
MFCD00000644
Assay:
97%
Form:
liquid
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vapor density

3.74 (vs air)

Quality Segment

200

vapor pressure

3.42 psi ( 20 °C)

assay

97%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

842 °F

refractive index

n20/D 1.395 (lit.)

bp

93 °C (lit.)

mp

−81 °C (lit.)

solubility

alcohol: miscible, benzene: miscible, chloroform: miscible, diethyl ether: miscible, water: insoluble

density

1.135 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

functional group

chloro

SMILES string

CCOC(Cl)=O

InChI

1S/C3H5ClO2/c1-2-6-3(4)5/h2H2,1H3

InChI key

RIFGWPKJUGCATF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Application

  • Ethyl chloroformate was used in the synthesis of nitrile oxides.
  • It was used as derivatization reagent to investigate stereochemical conversion of chiral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs during derivatization reaction.
  • It was used to develop flexible template strategy for the generation of nanometer-scale templates via dip-pen nanolithography.
  • It was used as derivatization reagent in an enantiomeric analysis of amino acids by two-dimensional gas chromatography.
  • It was also used with ammonia and cyanuric chloride to convert carboxylic acids to nitriles.

Packaging

Derivatization reagent employed in an enantiomeric analysis of amino acids by two-dimensional gas chromatography. Also used with ammonia and cyanuric chloride to convert carboxylic acids to nitriles.

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 2 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Liq. 2 - Met. Corr. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

60.8 °F

flash_point_c

16 °C

ppe

Faceshields, Gloves, Goggles, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

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