Acetyl chloride

• Formula: C₂H₃ClO
• Molecular weight: 78.498
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2H3ClO/c1-2(3)4/h1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: WETWJCDKMRHUPV-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 75-36-5
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• Other names: Ethanoyl chloride; Acetic chloride; CH3COCl; Acetic acid chloride; Rcra waste number U006; UN 1717; Acetic acid monochloride; UN1717 (DOT)
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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
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TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director

References

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Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

Lee, 1966
Lee, J.B., Preparation of Acyl Halides under Very Mild Conditions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1966, 88, 3440-1. [all data]

Gross and Gloede, 1963
Gross, H.; Gloede, J., Chem. Ber., 1963, 96, 1387-94. [all data]

Yamase, 1961
Yamase, Y., Friedel-Crafts Acylation II. Relative Reactivity for Some Acyl Halides, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1961, 34, 480-84. [all data]

Percival, Wagner, et al., 1953
Percival, W.C.; Wagner, R.B.; Cook, N.C., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1953, 75, 3731. [all data]

Branch and Nixon, 1936
Branch, G.E.K.; Nixon, A.C., The Rate of Alcoholysis of Acyl Chlorides, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1936, 58, 2499-2504. [all data]

Norris and Rigby, 1932
Norris, J.F.; Rigby, G.W., Reactivity of Atoms and Groups in Organic Compounds XII. The Preparation and Properties of Mixed Aliphatic Ethers with Special Reference to those Containing the Tert-Butyl Radical, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1932, 54, 2088. [all data]

Timmermans and Mattaar, 1921
Timmermans, J.; Mattaar, J.F., Freezing points of orgainic substances VI. New experimental determinations., Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1921, 30, 213. [all data]

Von Reis, 1881
Von Reis, M.A., IV. The Specific Heat of Liquid Organic Compounds and its Relation to Molecular Weight., Ann. Phys. (Leipzig), 1881, 13, 447. [all data]

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