Chloroacetamide

An amide, C2H4ClNO, 93.513 g/mol. Boiling point Approximately 225 °C (decomposes), melting point 119-120 °C, as published.

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Identifiers

Molecular formula: C₂H₄ClNO
Molecular weight: 93.513 g/mol
Exact mass: 92.998141 g/mol
IUPAC name: 2-chloroacetamide
SMILES: NC(=O)CCl
InChI: InChI=1S/C2H4ClNO/c3-1-2(4)5/h1H2,(H2,4,5)
InChIKey: VXIVSQZSERGHQP-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Measured properties

Published measurements, each with its source. Two readings of one property are both shown, in the units each used.

Boiling Point: Approximately 225 °C (decomposes)measured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Melting Point: 119-120 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB); 120 °Cmeasured · ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)
Density: Relative density of the vapour/air-mixture at 20 °C (air = 1): 1.00measured · ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)
Solubility: In water, 90,000 mg/L at 25 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB); Solubility in water: 98 g/mL at 20 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Vapor Pressure: 0.01 [mmHg]measured · Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases; VP: 0.007 Pa at 20 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
LogP: log Kow = -0.53measured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB); -0.53measured · ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)
Flash Point: 170 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB); 170 °Cmeasured · ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)

Calculated properties

Derived from the structure, not from a sample; kept apart from the measurements above.

Molecular weight: 93.51 g/molcalculated · reference compound database; Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass: 92.9981414 Dacalculated · reference compound database; Mass of the most common isotopic form.
XLogP3: -0.5calculated · reference compound database; Estimated oil/water partition, computed by reference compound database.
Polar surface area: 43.1 Å²calculated · reference compound database; Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity: 44calculated · reference compound database; A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors: 1calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors: 1calculated · reference compound database
logP: -0.2895calculated · chemistry engine; Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area: 43.09 Å²calculated · chemistry engine; Surface area from polar atoms; relates to how easily a molecule crosses membranes.
H-bond donors: 1calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can donate a hydrogen bond.
H-bond acceptors: 1calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds: 1calculated · chemistry engine; Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity: 19.9144 cm³/molcalculated · chemistry engine; Relates to the molecule's polarisability.
Fraction sp³ carbons: 0.5calculated · chemistry engine; Share of carbon atoms with tetrahedral bonding.
QED drug-likeness: 0.445calculated · chemistry engine; Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

Cl Chlorine1 atom · 37.9% by mass
C Carbon2 atoms · 25.7% by mass
O Oxygen1 atom · 17.1% by mass
N Nitrogen1 atom · 15.0% by mass
H Hydrogen4 atoms · 4.3% by mass

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

Structure

Heavy atoms, hydrogen excluded: 5
Total atoms, hydrogen included: 9
Rings: 0
Aromatic rings: 0
Stereocentres: 0
Formal charge: 0

Functional groups

Amide
A carbonyl bonded directly to nitrogen.
Halide (C–X)
A halogen atom attached to carbon.

Matched by structural pattern, not by a measurement.

The molecule in three dimensions

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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 Chloroacetamide yet.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is 2-chloroacetamide.

The sources also call it 2-Chloroacetamide, Acetamide, 2-chloro-, CHLORACETAMIDE, Microcide, 2-Chloroethanamide, Mergal AF, Chloracetamid, alpha-Chloroacetamide, 2-Chloracetamide, USAF DO-29, DTXSID9041570.

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.

1,3-Dichloroacetone

C3H4Cl2O

Seen alongside it in reaction records

Molecules that appear in the same recorded reactions as Chloroacetamide. 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.

1,3-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, 5-hydroxy-, 1,3-dimethyl ester

used as a reactant

C₁₀H₁₀O₅, 210.185 g/mol.

Where these values came from

reference compound database6580
compound record
chemistry engine
structure perception

compound record.

What this page does not claim

Identifiers are copied from the source record, measured values are reported as published, and calculated values are marked as calculated. Nothing here is a hazard, purity or handling assessment — how the library is checked.