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2-fluoroethanol
Sign in to save2-Fluoroethanol is the organic compound with the formula CH2FCH2OH. This colorless liquid is one of the simplest stable fluorinated alcohols. It was once used as a pesticide. The related difluoro- and trifluoroethanols are far less dangerous.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C2H5FO
- Molecular weight
- 64.06 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-fluoroethanol
- SMILES
- C(CF)O
- InChIKey
- GGDYAKVUZMZKRV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -0.8
- Polar surface area
- 20.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
- Mass
- 64.032
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- chemical formula
- C₂H₅FO
- canonical SMILES
- C(CF)O
- global warming potential
- 1
- melting point
- -27.0
- Commons category
- 2-Fluoroethanol
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Toxicity
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2-Fluoroethanol is the organic compound with the formula CH2FCH2OH. This colorless liquid is one of the simplest stable fluorinated alcohols. It was once used as a pesticide. The related difluoro- and trifluoroethanols are far less dangerous.
==Synthesis== 2-Fluoroethanol was originally synthesized by treating 2-chloroethanol with potassium fluoride, in a simple Finkelstein reaction. The product has a lower boiling point that the starting material and may be conveniently isolated by distillation. ClCH2CH2OH + KF → FCH2CH2OH + KCl
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