Chloral Hydrate

• Formula: C₂H₃Cl₃O₂
• Molecular weight: 165.403
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2H3Cl3O2/c3-2(4,5)1(6)7/h1,6-7H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: RNFNDJAIBTYOQL-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 302-17-0
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: 1,1-Ethanediol, 2,2,2-trichloro-; Bi 3411; Chloral monohydrate; Chloraldurat; Dormal; Hydral; Lorinal; Noctec; Nycoton; Nycton; Phaldrone; Rectules; Somnos; Tosyl; Trawotox; Trichloroacetaldehyde hydrate; Trichloroacetaldehyde monohydrate; 1,1,1-Trichloro-2,2-dihydroxyethane; 2,2,2-Trichloro-1,1-ethanediol; Chloradorm; Cohidrate; Escre; Felsules; Hynos; Kessodrate; Lycoral; Oradrate; Somni Sed; Sontec; SK-Chloral hydrate; Trichloracetaldehyd-hydrat; Aquachloral; Hydrate de chloral; Nortec; 1,1,1-Trichloro-2,2-ethanediol; NSC 3210; 2,2,2-trichloroethane-1,1-diol
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Phase change data

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AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (atm)
    T = temperature (K)

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Enthalpy of sublimation

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

 +  =

By formula: C₂HCl₃O + H₂O = C₂H₃Cl₃O₂

IR Spectrum

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• SOLID (NUJOL MULL); PERKIN-ELMER 21 (GRATING) $$SPECTRAL CONTAMINATION DUE TO OIL AROUND 2850 CM^-1; 2 cm^-1 resolution
• SOLUTION SATURATED (CS2 FOR 2-15 microns); PERKIN-ELMER 21 (GRATING); 2 cm^-1 resolution

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• gas; HP-GC/MS/IRD

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Gas Chromatography

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, custom temperature program

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References

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Kofler and Sitte, 1950
Kofler, L.; Sitte, H., Melting Point Determination of Substances with Melt with Decomposition, Monatsh. Chem., 1950, 81, 619. [all data]

Wiberg, Morgan, et al., 1994
Wiberg, K.B.; Morgan, K.M.; Maltz, H., Thermochemistry of carbonyl reactions. 6. A study of hydration equilibria, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1994, 116, 11067-11077. [all data]

Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
Stephenson, Richard M.; Malanowski, Stanislaw, Handbook of the Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds, 1987, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3173-2 . [all data]

Stull, 1947
Stull, Daniel R., Vapor Pressure of Pure Substances. Organic and Inorganic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1947, 39, 4, 517-540, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50448a022 . [all data]

Henke, Hadad, et al., 1993
Henke, S.L.; Hadad, C.M.; Morgan, K.M.; Wiberg, K.B.; Wasserman, H.H., A theorectical and experimental investigation of vicinal tricarbonyl systems and their hydrates, J. Org. Chem., 1993, 58, 2830-2839. [all data]

Flanagan, Streete, et al., 1997
Flanagan, R.J.; Streete, P.J.; Ramsey, J.D., Volatile Substance Abuse, UNODC Technical Series, No 5, United Nations, Office on Drugs and Crime, Vienna International Centre, PO Box 500, A-1400 Vienna, Austria, 1997, 56, retrieved from http://www.odccp.org/pdf/technical_series₁997-01-01₁.pdf. [all data]

Strete, Ruprah, et al., 1992
Strete, P.J.; Ruprah, M.; Ramsey, J.D.; Flanagan, R.J., Detection and identification of volatile substances by headspace capillary gas chromatography to aid the diagnosis of acute poisoning, Analyst, 1992, 117, 7, 1111-1127, https://doi.org/10.1039/an9921701111 . [all data]

Ramsey and Flanagan, 1982
Ramsey, J.D.; Flanagan, R.J., Detection and Identification of Volatile Organic Compounds in Blood by Headspace Gas Chromatography as an Aid to the Diagnosis of Solvent Abuse, J. Chromatogr., 1982, 240, 2, 423-444, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(00)99622-5 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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