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Acetyl chloride

reagent grade, 98%

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Synonym(s):
Acetic acid chloride, Acetic chloride, Ethanoyl chloride
Linear Formula:
CH3COCl
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
78.50
Beilstein:
605303
EC Number:
MDL number:
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

grade

reagent grade

Quality Level

vapor density

2.7 (vs air)

vapor pressure

11.69 psi ( 20 °C)
32.33 psi ( 55 °C)

Assay

98%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

1353 °F

expl. lim.

19 %

refractive index

n20/D 1.389 (lit.)

bp

52 °C (lit.)

mp

−112 °C (lit.)

density

1.104 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CC(Cl)=O

InChI

1S/C2H3ClO/c1-2(3)4/h1H3

InChI key

WETWJCDKMRHUPV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Acetyl chloride undergoes reaction with decalin and aluminum trichloride to afford a tricyclic enol ether. It promotes the cyclopropanation of alkene with dibromomethane or diiodomethane in the presence of Zn dust and copper chloride in ether. Friedel-Crafts reaction of acetyl chloride with benzene in the presence of MCl3 (M = Al or Fe) in the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride affords MCl3 adducts of the acetyl chloride, the acetylium ion [CH3CO]+[MCl4]- and the MCl3 adduct of acetophenone.

Pictograms

FlameCorrosion

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Liq. 2 - Skin Corr. 1B

Supplementary Hazards

Storage Class Code

3 - Flammable liquids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

41.0 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

5 °C - closed cup

Regulatory Information

危险化学品

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In situ infrared spectroscopic studies of the Friedel-Crafts acetylation of benzene in ionic liquids using AlCl3 and FeCl3.
Csihony S, et al.
Green Chemistry, 3(6), 307-309 (2001)
Ran Lin et al.
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 20(45), 14885-14899 (2014-09-16)
Treatment of Na[Re(CO)5 ] with RCCCO2 Et (R=phenyl, naphthalen-1-yl, phenanthren-9-yl and pyren-1-yl) followed by reaction with acetyl chloride and ethanol afforded the rhenacyclobutadienes Re{-C(R)C(CO2 Et)C(OEt)}(CO)4 . Reactions of these rhenacyclobutadienes with HCCOEt produced rhenabenzenes Re{-C(R)C(CO2 Et)C(OEt)CHC(OEt)}(CO)4 . Except for R=Ph
Oxetanes. VII. Synthesis from 1, 3-Diols. Reactions of Oxetanes and of 1, 3-Butanediol with Hydrogen Chloride, Hydrogen Bromide and Acetyl Chloride1, 2.
Searles JS, et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 79(4), 952-956 (1957)
Facile catalyzed acylation of alcohols, phenols, amines and thiols based on ZrOCl 2? 8H 2 O and acetyl chloride in solution and in solvent-free conditions.
Ghosh R, et al.
Tetrahedron Letters, 46(1), 147-151 (2005)
Catherine L Lyall et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136(39), 13745-13753 (2014-09-10)
Decalin undergoes reaction with aluminum trichloride and acetyl chloride to form a tricyclic enol ether in good yield, as first reported by Baddeley. This eye-catching transformation, which may be considered to be an aliphatic Friedel-Crafts reaction, has not previously been

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