Acetic acid, chloro-, methyl ester

Formula: C₃H₅ClO₂
Molecular weight: 108.524
IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3H5ClO2/c1-6-3(5)2-4/h2H2,1H3
IUPAC Standard InChIKey: QABLOFMHHSOFRJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS Registry Number: 96-34-4
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Other names: Methyl chloroacetate; Methyl monochloroacetate; Monochloroacetic acid, methyl ester; ClH2CCOOCH3; Chloroacetic acid methyl ester; Methyl chloroethanoate; Methyl monochloracetate; Methylester kyseliny chloroctove; UN 2295; Methyl ester of chloroacetic acid; Acetic acid, 2-chloro-, methyl ester; NSC 2635
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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV)	Method	Reference	Comment
10.3	PE	Cannington and Ham, 1985	LBLHLM
10.53 ± 0.05	EI	Pignataro, Foffani, et al., 1966	RDSH
10.7	PE	Cannington and Ham, 1985	Vertical value; LBLHLM

Appearance energy determinations

Ion	AE (eV)	Other Products	Method	Reference	Comment
C₂H₃O₂⁺	11.10 ± 0.05	CH₂Cl	EI	Blanchette, Holmes, et al., 1986	LBLHLM
C₂H₃O₂⁺	11.50 ± 0.05	?	EI	Briggs and Shannon, 1969	RDSH
C₂H₅Cl⁺	10.7 ± 0.2	CO₂	EI	Blanchette, Holmes, et al., 1987	LBLHLM

References

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Cannington and Ham, 1985
Cannington, P.H.; Ham, N.S., He(II) photoelectron spectra of esters, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1985, 36, 203. [all data]

Pignataro, Foffani, et al., 1966
Pignataro, S.; Foffani, A.; Innorta, G.; Distefano, G., Molecular structural effects on the ionization potentials for metasubstituted aromatic compounds and for compounds of the type X-CH₂-R, Z. Physik. Chem. (Frankfurt), 1966, 49, 291. [all data]

Blanchette, Holmes, et al., 1986
Blanchette, M.C.; Holmes, J.L.; Hop, C.E.C.A.; Lossing, F.P.; Postma, R.; Ruttink, P.J.A.; Terlouw, J.K., Theory and experiment in concert; the CH₃O-C=O⁺ ion and its isomers, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1986, 108, 7589. [all data]

Briggs and Shannon, 1969
Briggs, P.R.; Shannon, T.W., The heat of formation of the methoxycarbonyl ion, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1969, 91, 4307. [all data]

Blanchette, Holmes, et al., 1987
Blanchette, M.C.; Holmes, J.L.; Lossing, F.P., The ethyl halides: Stable neutral and radical cation isomers [C₂, H₅, X] where X = F, Cl, Br, I, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1987, 22, 701. [all data]

Notes

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Symbols used in this document:

AE Appearance energy
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