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 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: QABLOFMHHSOFRJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• 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 thermochemistry data

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Phase change data

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BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
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AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Reduced pressure boiling point

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Individual Reactions

 +  = 2 + 

By formula: C₅H₁₁ClO₃ + H₂O = 2CH₄O + C₃H₅ClO₂

 +  =  + 

By formula: H₂O + C₃H₅ClO₂ = CH₄O + C₂H₃ClO₂

Gas phase ion energetics data

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RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

IR Spectrum

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• Not specified, most likely a prism, grating, or hybrid spectrometer.; (NO SPECTRUM, ONLY SCANNED IMAGE IS AVAILABLE)
• SOLUTION (10% IN CCl4 FOR 3800-1300, 10% IN CS2 FOR 1300-650, 10% IN CCl4 FOR 650-230 CM^-1) VERSUS SOLVENT; PERKIN-ELMER 521 (GRATING); DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY (FROM TWO SEGMENTS); 4 cm^-1 resolution

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Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Gas Chromatography

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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Kovats' RI, polar column, isothermal

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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References

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Laynez, José; Wadsö, Ingemar; Haug, Arne; Songstad, J.; Pilotti, Åke, Enthalpies of Vaporization of Organic Compounds. IX. Some Halogen Substituted Hydrocarbons and Esters., Acta Chem. Scand., 1972, 26, 3148-3152, https://doi.org/10.3891/acta.chem.scand.26-3148 . [all data]

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Boublik, T.; Fried, V.; Hala, E., The Vapour Pressures of Pure Substances: Selected Values of the Temperature Dependence of the Vapour Pressures of Some Pure Substances in the Normal and Low Pressure Region, 2nd ed., Elsevier, New York, 1984, 972. [all data]

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Nelson, O.A., Vapor Pressures of Fumigants: I---Methyl, Ethyl, Isopropyl, and Secondary Butyl Chloroacetates ¹, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1928, 20, 12, 1380-1382, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50228a034 . [all data]

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Goevel, K.-H.; Schaffenger, J.; Opel, G., Die Viskositat des Dampfes von Chloressigsauremthylester zwischen 80 und 150 °C und sein Sattigungsdruck 77 und 130 °C, Chem. Tech. (Leipzig), 1967, 19, 5, 307-308. [all data]

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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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