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Oxalyl chloride

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Synonym(s):
Ethanedioyl dichloride
Linear Formula:
ClCOCOCl
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
126.93
Beilstein:
1361988
EC Number:
MDL number:
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

vapor density

4.4 (vs air)

Quality Level

vapor pressure

150 mmHg ( 20 °C)

product line

ReagentPlus®

Assay

≥99%

form

liquid

reaction suitability

reagent type: oxidant

impurities

<10 ppb Heavy metals

color

APHA: 0-150

refractive index

n20/D 1.429 (lit.)

bp

62-65 °C (lit.)

mp

−10-−8 °C (lit.)

density

1.5 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

ClC(=O)C(Cl)=O

InChI

1S/C2Cl2O2/c3-1(5)2(4)6

InChI key

CTSLXHKWHWQRSH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Oxalyl chloride is a commonly used chlorinating reagent that can be prepared by the reaction of oxalic acid and phosphorus pentachloride.

Application

Oxalyl chloride may be used in the following processes:
  • Preparation of Mosher′s acid chloride by reacting with Mosher′s acid in the presence of DMF.
  • Activation of dimethyl sulfoxide for use in the oxidation of long-chain alcohols to carbonyls.
  • Activation of α-keto carboxylic acids and N-heterocyclic carboxylic acids for alkynylation to form ynediones and N-heterocyclic ynones, respectively.
Suitable for the synthesis of acid chlorides used to produce liquid crystals.
Reactant involved in:
  • Synthesis of N-heterocyclic ynones and ynediones, used to activate carboxylic acids
  • Chlorination and halogenation
  • Three-component [3+2] cycloadditions
  • Reactions with organostannanes
  • Synthesis of cyclopentenones
  • Carbonylations, used as a carbonyl synthon

Packaging

The 5g, 25g and 100g units sold in the US are packaged in ampules.

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ReagentPlus is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Liq. 2 - Skin Corr. 1B - Water-react 1

Supplementary Hazards

Storage Class Code

4.3 - Hazardous materials, which set free flammable gases upon contact with water

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

51.8 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

11.0 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

Regulatory Information

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Catalytic Syntheses of N-Heterocyclic Ynones and Ynediones by In Situ Activation of Carboxylic Acids with Oxalyl Chloride.
Boersch C, et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International Edition in English), 50(44), 10448-10452 (2011)
A simple method for the microscale preparation of Mosher's acid chloride.
Ward DE and Rhee CK.
Tetrahedron Letters, 32(49), 7165-7166 (1991)
Oxidation of long-chain and related alcohols to carbonyls by dimethyl sulfoxide" activated" by oxalyl chloride.
Mancuso AJ, et al.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 43(12), 2480-2482 (1978)
Taisuke Itaya et al.
Chemical & pharmaceutical bulletin, 50(1), 83-86 (2002-02-05)
The relationship between the product patterns and the configurations of 1,2-cycloheptane- and 1,2-cyclooctanediols 9 in the cyclocondensations with oxalyl chloride in the presence of triethylamine at 0 degrees C has been shown analogous to that obtained for 1,2-disubstituted acyclic ethylene
Tsutomu Kimura et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), (32)(32), 4077-4079 (2005-08-11)
Reaction of diastereomerically pure phosphinoselenoic acid salts with oxalyl chloride leads to enantiomerically pure P-chiral phosphinoselenoic chlorides with inversion of configuration at phosphorus; one of these chlorides is converted to a phosphinoselenothioic acid salt with a high degree of enantioselectivity.

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