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Propyl chloroformate

C4H7ClO2, 122.551 g/mol. Its structure, the values that were measured, the values that were calculated, and where each one came from.

verified recordOrganic — ester8 measured properties

Drawn from the SMILES. It shows how the atoms are connected — not a photograph of a molecule, and not its shape in space.

Identifiers

Molecular formula
C₄H₇ClO₂
Molecular weight
122.551 g/mol
Exact mass
122.013457 g/mol
IUPAC name
propyl carbonochloridate
SMILES
CCCOC(=O)Cl
InChI
InChI=1S/C4H7ClO2/c1-2-3-7-4(5)6/h2-3H2,1H3
InChIKey
QQKDTTWZXHEGAQ-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
237 to 241 °F at 760 mmHg (EPA, 1998)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
112.4 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Density
1.09 at 68 °F (EPA, 1998) - Denser than water; will sinkmeasured · CAMEO Chemicals
1.091 AT 20 °C/4 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Solubility
MISCIBLE WITH BENZENE, CHLOROFORM, ETHERmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Insoluble in watermeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Vapor Pressure
20.0 [mmHg]measured · Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases
20 mm Hg @ 25.3 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
LogP
1.12measured · ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)
Flash Point
-58 °F (EPA, 1998)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
-50 °C (-58 °F)measured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Viscosity
0.80 cP @ 20 °Cmeasured · Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. 4th ed. Volumes 1: New York, NY. John Wiley and Sons, 1991-Present., p. V5 79
Refractive Index
INDEX OF REFRACTION: 1.4045 @ 20 °Cmeasured · Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. 4th ed. Volumes 1: New York, NY. John Wiley and Sons, 1991-Present., p. V5 79

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
122.55 g/molcalculated · reference compound database
Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass
122.0134572 Dacalculated · reference compound database
Mass of the most common isotopic form.
XLogP3
2.3calculated · reference compound database
Estimated oil/water partition, computed by reference compound database.
Polar surface area
26.3 Ųcalculated · reference compound database
Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity
62calculated · 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
1.7718calculated · chemistry engine
Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area
26.3 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
2calculated · chemistry engine
Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity
27.492 cm³/molcalculated · chemistry engine
Relates to the molecule's polarisability.
Fraction sp³ carbons
0.75calculated · chemistry engine
Share of carbon atoms with tetrahedral bonding.
QED drug-likeness
0.5221calculated · 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
7
Total atoms, hydrogen included
14
Rings
0
Aromatic rings
0
Stereocentres
0
Formal charge
0

Functional groups

  • Ester

    A carbonyl bonded to an oxygen that links to another carbon.

  • 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 Propyl chloroformate yet.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is propyl carbonochloridate.

The sources also call it Propyl chlorocarbonate, N-PROPYL CHLOROFORMATE, Carbonochloridic acid, propyl ester, Formic acid, chloro-, propyl ester, UN2740, A5Y2T003JU, DTXSID3042342, UN-2740, RefChem:176484, DTXCID1022342, propyl carbonochloridate.

Structurally related

Nothing structurally close to Propyl chloroformate 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.