Description
Chemical Name:Methyl chloroacetate
Cas No:96-34-4
Synonyms:Chlorine Methyl acetate;Mathyl Chloroacetate;Methylechloroacetate
Molecular Weight:108.52
Molecular Formula:C3H5ClO2
Molecular Structure:

Specification of Methyl chloroacetate:
Items
Specifications
Melting point
-33 °C
Boiling point
130 °C
Fp
125 °F
Density
1.238 g/mL
Appearance
Transparent liquid
PH
4.6
Refractive Index
n20/D 1.422
pKa
/
Lossing of drying
/
Items | Specifications |
Melting point | -33 °C |
Boiling point | 130 °C |
Fp | 125 °F |
Density | 1.238 g/mL |
Appearance | Transparent liquid |
PH | 4.6 |
Refractive Index | n20/D 1.422 |
pKa | / |
Lossing of drying | / |
Function of Methyl chloroacetate:
- Providing chloromethyl: The molecule contains chloromethyl (-CH₂Cl), which is an active functional group. The chloromethyl group can be introduced into other compounds through nucleophilic substitution reactions, thereby changing the structure and properties of the compound.
- Ester conversion: The ester group (-COOCH₃) can undergo hydrolysis, alcoholysis, aminolysis and other reactions to be converted into other types of carboxylic acid derivatives, further enriching its chemical reactivity and synthetic applications.
Application of Methyl chloroacetate:
- Synthetic drug intermediates: Methyl chloroacetate is used to synthesize a variety of drugs, such as the sedative hypnotic chlormezazone. It can introduce specific structural fragments into drug molecules and is an important raw material for constructing drug molecular structures.
- Improve dye properties: Methyl chloroacetate modifies the dye by reacting with other functional groups in the dye molecule, thereby enhancing its water solubility, lightfastness, and washfastness.
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