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3-Chloro-1,2-propanediol

C3H7ClO2, 110.54 g/mol. Its structure, the values that were measured, the values that were calculated, and where each one came from.

Organic — alcohol9 measured properties

Drawn from the SMILES. It shows how the atoms are connected — not a photograph of a molecule, and not its shape in space.

Identifiers

Molecular formula
C₃H₇ClO₂
Molecular weight
110.54 g/mol
Exact mass
110.013457 g/mol
SMILES
OCC(O)CCl
InChI
InChI=1S/C3H7ClO2/c4-1-3(6)2-5/h3,5-6H,1-2H2
InChIKey
SSZWWUDQMAHNAQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Both are open without an account.

Measured properties

Values somebody obtained from a sample and published. Where two sources report the same property they are both shown, in the units each used — a disagreement between them is information, and averaging it away would be inventing a number neither one gave.

Boiling Point
415 °F at 760 mmHg (decomposes) (NTP, 1992)measured · National Toxicology Program, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health (NTP). 1992. National Toxicology Program Chemical Repository Database. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
213 °C (decomposes)measured · Lewis, R.J., Sr (Ed.). Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary. 12th ed. New York, NY: Van Nostrand Rheinhold Co., 1993, p. 267
at 1.9kPa: 114-120 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
Melting Point
-40 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · National Toxicology Program, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health (NTP). 1992. National Toxicology Program Chemical Repository Database. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
-40 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
Flash Point
138 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · National Toxicology Program, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health (NTP). 1992. National Toxicology Program Chemical Repository Database. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
145 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
113 °C c.c.measured · reference compound database
Solubility
greater than or equal to 100 mg/mL at 70 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · National Toxicology Program, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health (NTP). 1992. National Toxicology Program Chemical Repository Database. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
SOL IN WATER, ALCOHOL, & ETHERmeasured · Budavari, S. (ed.). The Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck and Co., Inc., 1996., p. 356
Immiscible with oilsmeasured · Lewis, R.J., Sr (Ed.). Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary. 12th ed. New York, NY: Van Nostrand Rheinhold Co., 1993, p. 267
Soluble in oxygenated solventsmeasured · Ashford, R.D. Ashford's Dictionary of Industrial Chemicals. London, England: Wavelength Publications Ltd., 1994., p. 203
Miscible in watermeasured · Lande SS et al; Investigation of Selected Potential Environmental Contaminants: Haloalcohols. USEPA-560/11-80-004. Washington, DC: USEPA (1980)
1000 mg/mL at 20 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
Solubility in water: misciblemeasured · reference compound database
Density
1.326 at 64 °F (NTP, 1992) - Denser than water; will sinkmeasured · National Toxicology Program, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health (NTP). 1992. National Toxicology Program Chemical Repository Database. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
1.3218 @ 20 °C/4 °Cmeasured · Budavari, S. (ed.). The Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck and Co., Inc., 1996., p. 356
Relative density (water = 1): 1.32measured · reference compound database
1.326 @25 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
Vapor Pressure
3.75 mmHg at 77 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · National Toxicology Program, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health (NTP). 1992. National Toxicology Program Chemical Repository Database. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
0.2 [mmHg]measured · reference compound database
0.2 mm Hg at 20 °Cmeasured · Lande SS et al; Investigation of Selected Potential Environmental Contaminants: Haloalcohols. USEPA-560/11-80-004. Washington, DC: USEPA (1980)
Vapor pressure, Pa at 20 °C: 27measured · reference compound database
0.2 [mm Hg] @20 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
LogP
-0.53 (estimated)measured · reference compound database
Viscosity
2.388 poise at 20 °Cmeasured · Lewis, R.J., Sr (Ed.). Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary. 12th ed. New York, NY: Van Nostrand Rheinhold Co., 1993, p. 267
182 mm²/s at 20 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
Refractive Index
INDEX OF REFRACTION: 1.4831 @ 20 °C/D; BP: 213 °C WITH DECOMPmeasured · Budavari, S. (ed.). The Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck and Co., Inc., 1996., p. 356

Calculated properties

Derived from the structure rather than from a sample. These are reproducible and they are not measurements: a calculated partition coefficient and a measured one can differ by a long way, and where both exist they are listed apart on purpose.

logP
-0.4216calculated · chemistry engine
Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area
40.46 Ųcalculated · chemistry engine
Surface area from polar atoms; relates to how easily a molecule crosses membranes.
H-bond donors
2calculated · chemistry engine
Atoms that can donate a hydrogen bond.
H-bond acceptors
2calculated · chemistry engine
Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds
2calculated · chemistry engine
Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity
23.8126 cm³/molcalculated · chemistry engine
Relates to the molecule's polarisability.
Fraction sp³ carbons
1calculated · chemistry engine
Share of carbon atoms with tetrahedral bonding.
QED drug-likeness
0.4743calculated · chemistry engine
Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

Percentages are of the molecular weight above, worked out the same way the molar mass calculator does it.

Structure

Heavy atoms, hydrogen excluded
6
Total atoms, hydrogen included
13
Rings
0
Aromatic rings
0
Stereocentres
1
Formal charge
0

Functional groups

  • Alcohol

    An –OH group on a saturated carbon.

  • Halide (C–X)

    A halogen atom attached to carbon.

Matched by structural pattern, not by a measurement.

The molecule in three dimensions

Rotate and inspect the atoms. Loaded only when you ask, so the page stays light.

The drawing above is a diagram of what is bonded to what. A molecule is not flat, and the model here is one low-energy shape generated from the connectivity — useful for seeing which groups can reach each other, and not a measured structure. A real sample is a population of conformations, interconverting.

Reactions it appears in

No documented reaction with a written procedure and a source involves 3-Chloro-1,2-propanediol yet.

Other names for it

No systematic name is recorded.

The sources also call it 3-Chloropropane-1,2-diol, alpha-Chlorohydrin, Glycerol alpha-monochlorohydrin, Epibloc, Chlorodeoxyglycerol, 3-Chloropropanediol, Chloropropanediol, Glyceryl chloride, 1,2-Propanediol, 3-chloro-, 3-Chloropropylene glycol, Glycerol chlorohydrin, 1-Chloro-2,3-dihydroxypropane.

Structurally related

Molecules sharing this formula, or whose fingerprint is at least 40% similar to this one. Similarity is Tanimoto on Morgan fingerprints over this library only — it is a measure of structural overlap, not of how alike they behave.

Seen alongside it in reaction records

Molecules that appear in the same recorded reactions as 3-Chloro-1,2-propanediol. This says nothing about structure: most of them are the bases, solvents, ligands and catalysts the chemistry needed, and they are here because somebody put them in the same flask.

Where these values came from

  • chemistry engine

    structure perception

No matching record was found in the currently indexed sources (reference compound database)..

What this page does not claim

The identifiers are what the source record holds, copied rather than recomputed. Measured values are reported as their source gave them, units and all; calculated values are marked as calculated and are not measurements. Where a field is absent the page says so, because a blank cell reads as a zero and a guessed value reads as a fact.

Nothing here is a hazard assessment, a purity statement or advice about handling a sample. A flash point quoted from a safety database is a number somebody published, not a judgement by us about whether this molecule is safe for what you intend.