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1-chlorobutane
Sign in to save1-Chlorobutane is an alkyl halide with the chemical formula . It is a colorless, flammable liquid. It is used as a solvent in some industries due to its ability to dissolve both polar and non-polar substances. It is an alkylating reagent, that is used in organic synthesis to add a butyl group to other molecules.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C4H9Cl
- Molecular weight
- 92.57 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 1-chlorobutane
- SMILES
- CCCCCl
- InChIKey
- VFWCMGCRMGJXDK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 2.6
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 92.039
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- ionization energy
- 10.67
- chemical formula
- C₄H₉Cl
- canonical SMILES
- CCCCCl
- electric dipole moment
- 2.05
- Commons category
- 1-Chlorobutane
- melting point
- -123.1
- boiling point
- 78.6
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1-Chlorobutane is an alkyl halide with the chemical formula . It is a colorless, flammable liquid. It is used as a solvent in some industries due to its ability to dissolve both polar and non-polar substances. It is an alkylating reagent, that is used in organic synthesis to add a butyl group to other molecules.
==Preparation and reactions== It can be prepared from 1-butanol by treatment with hydrogen chloride: C4H9OH + HCl → C4H9Cl + H2O It reacts with lithium metal to give n-butyllithium: 2 Li + → + LiCl 1-Chlorobutane reacts with sodium hydroxide via nucleophilic substitution to produce butanol: + NaOH → + NaCl ==References==
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