Methyl chloroformate

• Formula: C₂H₃ClO₂
• Molecular weight: 94.497
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2H3ClO2/c1-5-2(3)4/h1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: XMJHPCRAQCTCFT-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 79-22-1
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Other names: Carbonochloridic acid, methyl ester; Formic acid, chloro-, methyl ester; Chlorocarbonic acid, methyl ester; Methoxycarbonyl chloride; Methyl chlorocarbonate; Chloroformic acid methyl ester; Chlorameisensaeure methylester; Chlorocarbonate de methyle; Chloroformiate de methyle; MCF; Methylchloorformiaat; Methylester kyseliny chlormravenci; Methylester kyseliny chloruhlicite; Metilcloroformiato; Rcra waste number U156; TL 438; UN 1238
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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

Appearance energy determinations

References

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Holmes and Lossing, 1984
Holmes, J.L.; Lossing, F.P., Heats of formation of organic radicals from appearance energies, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Processes, 1984, 58, 113. [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]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy

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