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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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
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 (bar)
    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 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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Guthrie and Cullimore, 1980
Guthrie, J.P.; Cullimore, P.A., Effect of the acyl substituent on the equilibrium constant for hydration of esters, Can. J. Chem., 1980, 58, 1281-1294. [all data]

Schjanberg, 1935
Schjanberg, E., Die Verbrennungswarmen und die Refraktionsdaten einiger chlorsubstituierter Fettsauren und Ester., Z. Phys. Chem. Abt. A, 1935, 172, 197-233. [all data]

Dreisbach, 1955
Dreisbach, R.R., Physical Properties of Chemical Compounds, Advances in Chemistry Series No. 15, Am. Chem. Soc.: Washington, D. C., 1955. [all data]

Timmermans, 1922
Timmermans, J., Investigation of the Freezing Point of Organic Substances VII, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1922, 31, 389. [all data]

Majer and Svoboda, 1985
Majer, V.; Svoboda, V., Enthalpies of Vaporization of Organic Compounds: A Critical Review and Data Compilation, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1985, 300. [all data]

Laynez and Wadso, 1972
Laynez, J.; Wadso, I., Enthalpies of vaporization of organic compounds. IX. Some halogen substituted hydrocarbons and esters, Acta Chem. Scand., 1972, 26, 3148. [all data]

Laynez, Wadsö, et al., 1972
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]

Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 1. [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]

Goebel, Schaffenger, et al., 1967
Goebel, K.H.; Schaffenger, J.; Opel, G., Chem. Tech. (Leipzig), 1967, 19, 307. [all data]

Boublik, Fried, et al., 1984
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]

Nelson, 1928
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]

Goevel, Schaffenger, et al., 1967
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]

Haken and Korhonen, 1986
Haken, J.R.; Korhonen, I.O.O., Gas chromatography of homologous esters. XXXIII. Capillary chromatography of monochlorinated C₁-C₈ n-alkyl acetates, chloracetates, dichloroacetates and trichloroacetates, J. Chromatogr., 1986, 357, 253-271, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(01)95828-5 . [all data]

Komárek, Hornová, et al., 1982
Komárek, K.; Hornová, L.; Churácek, J., Glass capillary gas chromatography of homologous series of esters. Separation of homologous series of esters of halogenated carboxylic acids on a glass capillary column with the non-polar stationary silicone phase OV-101, J. Chromatogr., 1982, 244, 1, 142-147, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(00)80131-4 . [all data]

Peters, de Leer, et al., 1994
Peters, R.J.D.; de Leer, E.W.B.; Versteegh, J.F.M., Identification of Halogenated Compounds Produced by Chlorination of Humic Acid in the Presence of Bromide, J. Chromatogr. A, 1994, 686, 2, 253-261, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9673(94)00719-5 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  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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