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acetyl chloride
Sign in to saveAlso known as ethanoyl chloride, CH3-CO-Cl, acetic acid chloride, CH3COCl, acetic chloride
chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- C2H3ClO
- Molecular weight
- 78.5 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- acetyl chloride
- SMILES
- CC(=O)Cl
- InChIKey
- WETWJCDKMRHUPV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.8
- Polar surface area
- 17.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Has part
- chlorine
- Mass
- 77.987
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- melting point
- -112.0
- canonical SMILES
- CC(=O)Cl
- Commons category
- Acetyl chloride
- chemical formula
- C₂H₃ClO
- different from
- chloroacetic acid
- boiling point
- 50.75
- electric dipole moment
- 2.72
- ionization energy
- 10.85
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Encyclopedic overview
Space-filling model of acetyl chloride
Names
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