4-Methylbenzyl chloride

C8H9ClCAS 104-82-5140.61 g/mol

Cl
Alkyl halide

Properties

Molecular formula
C8H9Cl
Molar mass
140.61 g/mol
Exact mass
140.0393 Da
Density
1.0512 g/mL (at 20 °C)
Melting point
below 25 °C
Boiling point
200–202 °C
Water solubility
miscible
logP
2.73Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
0.0 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
0 / 0
Rotatable bonds
1

Hazards

Danger
Corrosive (GHS05)Irritant (GHS07)

Aggregated from 63 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P260, P264, P270, P280, P301+P317, P301+P330+P331, P302+P361+P354, P304+P340, P305+P354+P338, P316, P321, P330, P363, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
104-82-5
SMILES
Cc1ccc(CCl)cc1
InChIKey
DMHZDOTYAVHSEH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H9Cl/c1-7-2-4-8(6-9)5-3-7/h2-5H,6H2,1H3

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Names and synonyms

14 names · show all
  • Benzene, 1-(chloromethyl)-4-methyl-
  • p-Xylene, α-chloro-
  • 1-(Chloromethyl)-4-methylbenzene
  • α-Chloro-p-xylene
  • p-Methylbenzyl chloride
  • p-Xylyl chloride
  • p-Xylyl-α-chloride
  • p-(Chloromethyl)toluene
  • (4-Methylphenyl)methyl chloride
  • p-Tolylmethyl chloride
  • 4-(Chloromethyl)toluene
  • 1-Methyl-4-chloromethylbenzene
  • NSC 46590
  • α-Chloro-p-methyltoluene

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Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

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