Chloroacetaldehyde

C2H3ClOCAS 107-20-078.50 g/mol

OCl
AldehydeAlkyl halide

Properties

Molecular formula
C2H3ClO
Molar mass
78.50 g/mol
Exact mass
77.9872 Da
Density
1.19 g/mL
Melting point
−16.3 °C
Boiling point
85–86 °C
Flash point
87.8 °C (closed cup)
Water solubility
miscible
logP
0.42Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
17.1 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
0 / 1
Rotatable bonds
1

Hazards

Danger
Corrosive (GHS05)Acute Toxic (GHS06)Health Hazard (GHS08)Environmental Hazard (GHS09)

Harmonised EU classification (CLP Annex VI), via PubChem.

Precautionary statements

P203, P260, P262, P264, P270, P271, P273, P280, P284, P301+P316, P301+P330+P331, P302+P352, P302+P361+P354, P304+P340, P305+P354+P338, P316, P318, P320, P321, P330, P361+P364, P363, P391, P403+P233, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
107-20-0
SMILES
O=CCCl
InChIKey
QSKPIOLLBIHNAC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C2H3ClO/c3-1-2-4/h2H,1H2

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Names and synonyms

7 names
  • Acetaldehyde, 2-chloro-
  • Acetaldehyde, chloro-
  • 2-Chloroacetaldehyde
  • 2-Chloro-1-ethanal
  • Monochloroacetaldehyde
  • α-Chloroacetaldehyde
  • 2-Chloroethanal

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Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue. All similar compounds

Same formula

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