4-(Chloromethyl)benzoic acid

C8H7ClO2CAS 1642-81-5170.59 g/mol

OHOCl
Alkyl halideCarboxylic acid

Properties

Molecular formula
C8H7ClO2
Molar mass
170.59 g/mol
Exact mass
170.0135 Da
Melting point
196 °C
Boiling point
201–203 °C
logP
2.12Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
37.3 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
1 / 1
Rotatable bonds
2

Hazards

Danger
Corrosive (GHS05)Health Hazard (GHS08)

Aggregated from 47 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P233, P260, P264, P271, P280, P284, P301+P330+P331, P302+P361+P354, P304+P340, P305+P354+P338, P316, P321, P342+P316, P363, P403, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
1642-81-5
SMILES
O=C(O)c1ccc(CCl)cc1
InChIKey
OITNBJHJJGMFBN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H7ClO2/c9-5-6-1-3-7(4-2-6)8(10)11/h1-4H,5H2,(H,10,11)

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Names and synonyms

6 names
  • Benzoic acid, 4-(chloromethyl)-
  • p-Toluic acid, α-chloro-
  • p-(Chloromethyl)benzoic acid
  • α-Chloro-p-toluic acid
  • NSC 123935
  • 4-(Chloromethyl)benzenecarboxylic acid

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Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

Same formula

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