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chloral
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Chloral, also known as trichloroacetaldehyde or trichloroethanal, is the organic compound with the formula Cl3CCHO. This aldehyde is a colourless liquid that is soluble in a wide range of solvents. It reacts with water to form chloral hydrate, a once widely used sedative and hypnotic substance.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C2HCl3O
- Molecular weight
- 147.38 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2,2,2-trichloroacetaldehyde
- SMILES
- C(=O)C(Cl)(Cl)Cl
- InChIKey
- HFFLGKNGCAIQMO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.6
- Polar surface area
- 17.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 145.909
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- chemical formula
- C₂HCl₃O
- canonical SMILES
- C(=O)C(Cl)(Cl)Cl
- Commons category
- Chloral
- melting point
- -57.5
- boiling point
- 97.8
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Chloral, also known as trichloroacetaldehyde or trichloroethanal, is the organic compound with the formula Cl3CCHO. This aldehyde is a colourless liquid that is soluble in a wide range of solvents. It reacts with water to form chloral hydrate, a once widely used sedative and hypnotic substance.
==Production== Chloral was first prepared, and named, by the German chemist Justus von Liebig in 1832. Liebig treated anhydrous ethanol with dry chlorine gas.