Chloromethyl Methyl Ether

An ether, C2H5ClO, 80.514 g/mol. Boiling point 59.5 °C, melting point -103.5 °C, as published.

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Identifiers

Molecular formula: C₂H₅ClO
Molecular weight: 80.514 g/mol
Exact mass: 80.002892 g/mol
IUPAC name: chloro(methoxy)methane
SMILES: COCCl
InChI: InChI=1S/C2H5ClO/c1-4-2-3/h2H2,1H3
InChIKey: XJUZRXYOEPSWMB-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: 138 °F at 760 mmHg (EPA, 1998)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; 59.5 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Melting Point: -154.3 °F (EPA, 1998)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; -103.5 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Density: 1.0605 at 68 °F (EPA, 1998) - Denser than water; will sinkmeasured · CAMEO Chemicals; 1.0603 @ 20 °C/4 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Solubility: Reacts with water (NIOSH, 2024)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; MISCIBLE WITH ETHANOL & ETHER & MANY OTHER ORG SOLVENTSmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Vapor Pressure: 192 mmHg at 70 °F (NIOSH, 2024)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; 30.0 [mmHg]measured · Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases
LogP: 0.320measured · Human Metabolome Database (HMDB)
Flash Point: 32 °F (EPA, 1998)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; 0 °Cmeasured · Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases
Refractive Index: INDEX OF REFRACTION: 1.3974 @ 20 °C/Dmeasured · Lide, D.R. (ed.). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 76th ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press Inc., 1995-1996., p. 3-206

Calculated properties

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

Molecular weight: 80.51 g/molcalculated · reference compound database; Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass: 80.0028925 Dacalculated · reference compound database; Mass of the most common isotopic form.
XLogP3: 0.8calculated · reference compound database; Estimated oil/water partition, computed by reference compound database.
Polar surface area: 9.2 Å²calculated · reference compound database; Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity: 10calculated · reference compound database; A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors: 0calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors: 1calculated · reference compound database
logP: 0.8291calculated · chemistry engine; Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area: 9.23 Å²calculated · chemistry engine; Surface area from polar atoms; relates to how easily a molecule crosses membranes.
H-bond donors: 0calculated · 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: 17.729 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: 0.4241calculated · chemistry engine; Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

Cl Chlorine1 atom · 44.0% by mass
C Carbon2 atoms · 29.8% by mass
O Oxygen1 atom · 19.9% by mass
H Hydrogen5 atoms · 6.3% 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: 4
Total atoms, hydrogen included: 9
Rings: 0
Aromatic rings: 0
Stereocentres: 0
Formal charge: 0

Functional groups

Ether
An oxygen bridging two carbons.
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 Chloromethyl Methyl Ether yet.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is chloro(methoxy)methane.

The sources also call it chloro(methoxy)methane, Methane, chloromethoxy-, Chlorodimethyl ether, Chloromethoxymethane, Methoxymethyl chloride, Methyl chloromethyl ether, Methoxychloromethane, CMME, Chlordimethylether, Dimethylchloroether, Ether, chloromethyl methyl.

Structurally related

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Where these values came from

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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.