2-(Chloroethoxy)ethanol

C₄H₉ClO₂CAS 628-89-7124.56 g/mol

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Alcohol Alkyl halide Ether

Properties

Molecular formula: C₄H₉ClO₂
Molar mass: 124.56 g/mol
Exact mass: 124.0291 Da
Boiling point: 91–92 °C (at 13 Torr)
logP: 0.23Crippen estimate
Polar surface area: 29.5 Å²
H-bond donors / acceptors: 1 / 2
Rotatable bonds: 4

Hazards

Danger

H315 Causes skin irritation48.1% of notifiers
H318 Causes serious eye damage84.8% of notifiers
H319 Causes serious eye irritation15.2% of notifiers
H335 May cause respiratory irritation40.5% of notifiers

Aggregated from 210 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P261, P264, P264+P265, P271, P280, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P305+P354+P338, P317, P319, P321, P332+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364, P403+P233, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number

628-89-7

SMILES

OCCOCCCl

InChIKey

LECMBPWEOVZHKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

InChI=1S/C4H9ClO2/c5-1-3-7-4-2-6/h6H,1-4H2

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Names and synonyms

12 names

Ethanol, 2-(2-chloroethoxy)-
2-(2-Chloroethoxy)ethanol
Diglycol chlorohydrin
5-Chloro-3-oxa-1-pentanol
2-Chloroethyl 2-hydroxyethyl ether
Diethylene glycol monochlorohydrin
2-(2′-Chloroethoxy)ethanol
2-(2-Hydroxyethoxy)ethyl chloride
Ethylene glycol mono(2-chloroethyl) ether
NSC 2648
2-[(2-Chloroethyl)oxy]ethanol
2-(2-Chloroethoxy)ethan-1-ol

Safety data sheets

One stored sheet lists this compound in section 3, matched by the CAS number 628-89-7. Each row opens the sheet with its composition and PDF.

2-(2-Chloroethoxy)ethanol > 95 %Fisher Scientific Company · 2025-12-19

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Similar compounds

2-[(2-Chloroethoxy)ethoxy]ethanol5197-62-694 % similar Bis(chloroethyl) ether111-44-465 % similar Diethylene glycol111-46-665 % similar 1,2-Bis(2-chloroethoxy)ethane112-26-561 % similar Triethylene glycol112-27-661 % similar Tetraethylene glycol112-60-761 % similar Hexaethylene glycol2615-15-861 % similar 3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24-Octaoxahexacosane-1,26-diol3386-18-361 % similar

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

All similar compounds

Same formula

2-Methoxyethoxymethyl chloride3970-21-6 Chloroacetaldehyde dimethyl acetal97-97-2

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