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2,6-dichlorophenol
Sign in to save2,6-Dichlorophenol is a compound with formula C6H3Cl2OH. It is one of the six isomers of dichlorophenol. It is a colorless solid. Its pKa is 6.78, which is about 100x more acidic than 2-chlorophenol (8.52) and 1000x more acidic than phenol itself (9.95).
Chemical data
- Formula
- C6H4Cl2O
- Molecular weight
- 163 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2,6-dichlorophenol
- SMILES
- C1=CC(=C(C(=C1)Cl)O)Cl
- InChIKey
- HOLHYSJJBXSLMV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 2.7
- Polar surface area
- 20.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- dichlorophenol
- Mass
- 161.964
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- canonical SMILES
- C1=CC(=C(C(=C1)Cl)O)Cl
- chemical formula
- C₆H₄Cl₂O
- melting point
- 65.0
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2,6-Dichlorophenol is a compound with formula C6H3Cl2OH. It is one of the six isomers of dichlorophenol. It is a colorless solid. Its pKa is 6.78, which is about 100x more acidic than 2-chlorophenol (8.52) and 1000x more acidic than phenol itself (9.95).
==Preparation== It can be produced in a multistep process from phenol, which is converted to its 4-sulfonic acid derivative. The resulting phenol sulfonic acid chlorinates at the positions flanking the phenol. Hydrolysis releases the sulfonic acid group.
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