Chloroacetic Acid

A carboxylic acid, C2H3ClO2, 94.497 g/mol. Boiling point 189.1 °C, melting point 50-63 °C, as published.

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Identifiers

Molecular formula: C₂H₃ClO₂
Molecular weight: 94.497 g/mol
Exact mass: 93.982157 g/mol
IUPAC name: 2-chloroacetic acid
SMILES: O=C(O)CCl
InChI: InChI=1S/C2H3ClO2/c3-1-2(4)5/h1H2,(H,4,5)
InChIKey: FOCAUTSVDIKZOP-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: 372 °F at 760 mmHg (EPA, 1998)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; 189.1 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Melting Point: 145 °F (EPA, 1998)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; 50-63 °Cmeasured · Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases
Density: 1.4043 at 104 °F (EPA, 1998) - Denser than water; will sinkmeasured · CAMEO Chemicals; 1.328 (USCG, 1999) - Denser than water; will sinkmeasured · CAMEO Chemicals
Solubility: greater than or equal to 100 mg/mL at 68 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; In water, 8.58X10+5 mg/L at 25 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Vapor Pressure: 1 mmHg at 109.4 °F (EPA, 1998)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; 0.06 [mmHg]measured · Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases
LogP: log Kow = 0.22measured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB); 0.22measured · Human Metabolome Database (HMDB)
Flash Point: 302 °F (EPA, 1998)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; 259 °F (USCG, 1999)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
Refractive Index: Index of refraction: 1.4351 at 55 °C/Dmeasured · Rumble J. (ed.). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 99th ed. Cleveland: CRC Press Inc., 2018., p. 3-12

Calculated properties

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

Molecular weight: 94.5 g/molcalculated · reference compound database; Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass: 93.982157 Dacalculated · reference compound database; Mass of the most common isotopic form.
XLogP3: 0.2calculated · reference compound database; Estimated oil/water partition, computed by reference compound database.
Polar surface area: 37.3 Å²calculated · reference compound database; Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity: 42calculated · reference compound database; A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors: 1calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors: 2calculated · reference compound database
logP: 0.3098calculated · chemistry engine; Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area: 37.3 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: 18.3558 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: 0.4751calculated · chemistry engine; Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

Cl Chlorine1 atom · 37.5% by mass
O Oxygen2 atoms · 33.9% by mass
C Carbon2 atoms · 25.4% by mass
H Hydrogen3 atoms · 3.2% 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: 8
Rings: 0
Aromatic rings: 0
Stereocentres: 0
Formal charge: 0

Functional groups

Carboxylic acid
A carbon double-bonded to oxygen and bonded to an –OH group; acidic.
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 Chloroacetic Acid yet.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is 2-chloroacetic acid.

The sources also call it Monochloroacetic acid, 2-chloroacetic acid, Chloracetic acid, Chloroethanoic acid, Acetic acid, chloro-, Acide chloracetique, Monochloroethanoic acid, Monochloracetic acid, Monochloorazijnzuur, Monochloressigsaeure, Acidomonocloroacetico.

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 Chloroacetic Acid. 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.

1,2-Dichloroethane

used as a reactant

C₂H₄Cl₂, 98.96 g/mol.

1,3-Dimethyl-5-(methylsulfonyl)benzene

formed as a product

C₉H₁₂O₂S, 184.26 g/mol.

Where these values came from

reference compound database300
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.