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Methanesulfonyl chloride

CH3ClO2S, 114.553 g/mol. Its structure, the values that were measured, the values that were calculated, and where each one came from.

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Identifiers

Molecular formula
CH₃ClO₂S
Molecular weight
114.553 g/mol
Exact mass
113.954228 g/mol
IUPAC name
methanesulfonyl chloride
SMILES
CS(=O)(=O)Cl
InChI
InChI=1S/CH3ClO2S/c1-5(2,3)4/h1H3
InChIKey
QARBMVPHQWIHKH-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
62 °C at 18 mm Hg; 161 °C at 730 mm Hgmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
at 97.3kPa: 161 °Cmeasured · ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)
Melting Point
Freezing point: -32 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
-32 °Cmeasured · ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)
Density
1.4805 at 18 °C/4 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Relative density (water = 1): 1.5measured · ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)
Solubility
Soluble in most organic solventsmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Practically insoluble in water; soluble in alcohol, ethermeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Vapor Pressure
3.09 [mmHg]measured · Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases
3.09 mm Hg at 25 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Flash Point
>110 °Cmeasured · ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)
Viscosity
1.33 centistokes at 25 °Cmeasured · Weil ED et al; Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. (2005). NY, NY: John Wiley & Sons; Sulfur Compounds. Online Posting Date: June 16, 2006.
Refractive Index
Index of refraction: 1.451 at 23 °C/Dmeasured · O'Neil, M.J. (ed.). The Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals. 13th Edition, Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck and Co., Inc., 2001., p. 718
Index of refraction: 1.4573 at 20 °C/Dmeasured · Lide, D.R. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 86TH Edition 2005-2006. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL 2005, p. 3-326

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
114.55 g/molcalculated · reference compound database
Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass
113.9542282 Dacalculated · reference compound database
Mass of the most common isotopic form.
XLogP3
0.4calculated · reference compound database
Estimated oil/water partition, computed by reference compound database.
Polar surface area
42.5 Ųcalculated · reference compound database
Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity
95calculated · reference compound database
A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors
0calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors
2calculated · reference compound database
logP
0.1848calculated · chemistry engine
Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area
34.14 Ųcalculated · 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
2calculated · chemistry engine
Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds
0calculated · chemistry engine
Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity
20.6968 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
0.4214calculated · 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
5
Total atoms, hydrogen included
8
Rings
0
Aromatic rings
0
Stereocentres
0
Formal charge
0

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 Methanesulfonyl chloride yet.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is methanesulfonyl chloride.

The sources also call it Mesyl chloride, Methanesulphonyl chloride, Methyl sulfochloride, METHYLSULFONYL CHLORIDE, Chloro methyl sulfone, Methanesulfonic acid chloride, Methanesulfuryl chloride, Methyl sulfonyl chloride, Chloromethyl sulfone, DTXSID1021615, METHANE SULFONYL CHLORIDE.

Structurally related

Nothing structurally close to Methanesulfonyl chloride has a page here yet.

Where these values came from

compound record.

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.