Chloroselenobenzene

C6H5ClSe, 191.519 g/mol. Its structure, the values that were measured, the values that were calculated, and where each one came from.

verified recordOrganic — aromatic compound

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Identifiers

Molecular formula: C₆H₅ClSe
Molecular weight: 191.519 g/mol
Exact mass: 191.924499 g/mol
IUPAC name: phenyl selenohypochlorite
SMILES: Cl[Se]c1ccccc1
InChI: InChI=1S/C6H5ClSe/c7-8-6-4-2-1-3-5-6/h1-5H
InChIKey: WJCXADMLESSGRI-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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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.

Molecular weight: 191.53 g/molcalculated · reference compound database; Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass: 191.9245 Dacalculated · reference compound database; Mass of the most common isotopic form.
Polar surface area: 0 Å²calculated · reference compound database; Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity: 59calculated · reference compound database; A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors: 0calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors: 0calculated · reference compound database
logP: 1.1699calculated · chemistry engine; Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area: 0 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: 0calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds: 1calculated · chemistry engine; Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity: 37.683 cm³/molcalculated · chemistry engine; Relates to the molecule's polarisability.
Fraction sp³ carbons: 0calculated · chemistry engine; Share of carbon atoms with tetrahedral bonding.
QED drug-likeness: 0.5849calculated · chemistry engine; Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

Se Selenium1 atom · 41.2% by mass
C Carbon6 atoms · 37.6% by mass
Cl Chlorine1 atom · 18.5% by mass
H Hydrogen5 atoms · 2.6% 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: 8
Total atoms, hydrogen included: 13
Rings: 1
Aromatic rings: 1
Stereocentres: 0
Formal charge: 0

Functional groups

Aromatic ring
A flat six-membered ring with delocalised electrons.

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 Chloroselenobenzene yet.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is phenyl selenohypochlorite.

The sources also call it Phenylselenyl chloride, Benzeneselenenyl chloride, EINECS 227-196-2, DTXSID00205679, RefChem:575948, DTXCID80128170, Phenylselenenyl chloride, phenyl selenohypochlorite, Benzeneselenyl chloride, (phenylselanyl)chlorane, MFCD00000478.

Structurally related

Nothing structurally close to Chloroselenobenzene has a page here yet.

Where these values came from

reference compound database21928
compound record
chemistry engine
structure perception

compound record.

What this page does not claim

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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.