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C2Cl4O2CAS 503-38-8197.82 g/mol

OClOClClCl
Acyl halideAlkyl halide

Properties

Molecular formula
C2Cl4O2
Molar mass
197.82 g/mol
Exact mass
195.8652 Da
Density
1.6525 g/mL (at 14 °C)
Melting point
−57 °C
Boiling point
128 °C
logP
2.69Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
26.3 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
0 / 2
Rotatable bonds
0

Hazards

Danger
Corrosive (GHS05)Acute Toxic (GHS06)

Aggregated from 46 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P260, P264, P270, P271, P280, P284, P301+P316, P301+P330+P331, P302+P361+P354, P304+P340, P305+P354+P338, P316, P320, P321, P330, P363, P403+P233, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
503-38-8
SMILES
O=C(Cl)OC(Cl)(Cl)Cl
InChIKey
HCUYBXPSSCRKRF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C2Cl4O2/c3-1(7)8-2(4,5)6

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Names and synonyms

8 names
  • Methanol, trichloro-, chloroformate
  • Carbonochloridic acid, trichloromethyl ester
  • Formic acid, chloro-, trichloromethyl ester
  • Trichloromethyl chloroformate
  • Diphosgen
  • Trichloromethyl chlorocarbonate
  • Trichloromethyl carbonochloridate
  • Chloroformic acid trichloromethyl ester

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Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

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