Chloromethane

• Formula: CH₃Cl
• Molecular weight: 50.488
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/CH3Cl/c1-2/h1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: NEHMKBQYUWJMIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 74-87-3
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• Other names: Methane, chloro-; Methyl chloride; Artic; Freon 40; Monochloromethane; CH3Cl; Chloor-methaan; Chlor-methan; Chlorure de methyle; Clorometano; Cloruro di metile; Methylchlorid; Metylu chlorek; R 40; Rcra waste number U045; UN 1063; Refrigerant R40
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Data compiled by: Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director

References

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Ganeff and Jungers, 1948
Ganeff, J.M.; Jungers, J.C., Vapor pressures of the chloromethane + dichloromethane system, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1948, 57, 82. [all data]

McGovern, 1943
McGovern, E.W., Chlorohydrocarbon Solvents, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1943, 35, 1230-9. [all data]

Norris and Sturgis, 1939
Norris, J.F.; Sturgis, B.M., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1939, 61, 1413. [all data]

Grosse, 1937
Grosse, A.V., Refractive Indices at Low Temperatures, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1937, 59, 2739-41. [all data]

Fuchs, 1930
Fuchs, O., Z. Phys., 1930, 63, 824. [all data]

Herz, 1916
Herz, W., The laws of guldberg and trouton-nernst in homologous series of compounds, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 1916, 95, 253-6. [all data]

Holst, 1915
Holst, G., Discussion of earlier measurements on the thermodynamical properties of ammonia and methyl chloride new measurements on the thermodynamical properties of ammonia and methyl chloride formulae and data, Mon. Bull. Int. Assoc. Refrig., 1915, 6, 27-47. [all data]

Timmermans, 1911
Timmermans, J., Researches on the freezing point of organic liquid compounds, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1911, 25, 300. [all data]

Gibbs, 1905
Gibbs, H.D., The Boiling-Point of Ammonia, Methyl Amine, Methyl Chloride and Sulphur Dioxide, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1905, 27, 851. [all data]

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