Acetyl chloride solution
ALDRICH/708496 - 1 M in methylene chloride
CAS Number: 75-36-5
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C2H3ClO
Molecular Weight: 78.50
MDL Number: MFCD00000719
Linear Formula: C2H3ClO
Product Type: Chemical
| concentration | 1 M in methylene chloride |
| density | 1.294 g/mL at 25 °C |
| form | liquid |
| functional group | acyl chloride |
| InChI | 1S/C2H3ClO/c1-2(3)4/h1H3 |
| InChI key | WETWJCDKMRHUPV-UHFFFAOYSA |
| Quality Level | 100 ![]() |
| refractive index | n |
| SMILES string | CC(Cl)=O |
| Application: | Acetyl chloride (AcCl) can be used as: • An acylating reagent to prepare useful key intermediates in organic synthesis. • A reagent to convert oxathioacetals and dithioacetals into corresponding carbonyl compounds in the presence of sodium nitrite. • An activating or acylating reagent in solid-phase organic synthesis. • A reagent to prepare various alkyl and aryl tetrahydropyranyl ethers from corresponding alcohols. |
| Packaging: | 100, 500 mL in Sure/Seal™ |
| Symbol | ![]() ![]() ![]() GHS02,GHS05,GHS07,GHS08 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H225 - H314 - H336 - H351 |
| Precautionary statements | P210 - P280 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P304 + P340 + P310 - P305 + P351 + P338 + P310 - P370 + P378 |
| Hazard Codes | F,Xn |
| Risk Statements | 11-14-36/38-40 |
| Safety Statements | 16-26-36/37 |
| RIDADR | UN 3286 8(6.1)(3) / PGII |
| WGK Germany | WGK 2 |
| Flash Point(F) | 39.9 °F |
| Flash Point(C) | 4.4 °C |
| Supplemental Hazard Statements | EUH014 - EUH071 |
| Density | 1.294 g/mL at 25 °C |
| Refractive Index | n |
| UNSPSC | 12352101 |





