Chemical Property of Chloroacetaldehyde
Chemical Property:
- Appearance/Colour:A clear colorless liquid with a pungent odor
- Vapor Pressure:70.6mmHg at 25°C
- Melting Point:-28~-23°C
- Refractive Index:n20/D 1.407
- Boiling Point:85 °C at 760 mmHg
- Flash Point:128°F
- PSA:17.07000
- Density:1.117 g/cm3
- LogP:0.42410
- Sensitive.:Air Sensitive
- Solubility.:Soluble in ether (Weast, 1986), acetone, and methanol (Hawley, 1981)
- Water Solubility.:soluble in acetone, methanol. Fully miscible in water.
- XLogP3:0.3
- Hydrogen Bond Donor Count:0
- Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count:1
- Rotatable Bond Count:1
- Exact Mass:77.9872424
- Heavy Atom Count:4
- Complexity:20
- Transport DOT Label:Poison Inhalation Hazard
- Purity/Quality:
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Chloroacetaldehyde(~45%inwater) *data from reagent suppliers
Safty Information:
- Pictogram(s):
T+;
N
- Hazard Codes:T+,N
- Statements:
24/25-26-34-40-50-35
- Safety Statements:
26-28-36/37/39-45-61
- MSDS Files:
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SDS file from LookChem
Total 1 MSDS from other Authors
Useful:
- Chemical Classes:Toxic Gases & Vapors -> Other Toxic Gases & Vapors
- Canonical SMILES:C(C=O)Cl
- Inhalation Risk:A harmful contamination of the air can be reached very quickly on evaporation of this substance at 20 °C.
- Effects of Short Term Exposure:Corrosive. The vapour is corrosive to the eyes, skin and respiratory tract. Inhalation of high concentrations of the vapour may cause lung oedema. The effects may be delayed. Medical observation is indicated.
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Physical properties
Clear, colorless liquid with an irritating, acrid odor
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Uses
In the manufacture of 2-
aminothiazole; to facilitate bark removal from
tree trunks; formed during the chlorination of
drinking water; a metabolite of vinyl chloride Chloroacetaldehyde is used in the productionof 2-aminothiazole.