chloroacetaldehyde
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Chloroacetaldehyde is an organic compound with the formula ClCH2CHO. Like some related compounds, it is highly electrophilic reagent and a potentially dangerous alkylating agent. The compound is not normally encountered in the anhydrous form, but rather as the hemiacetal (ClCH2CH(OH))2O.
Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 77.987
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- ionization energy
- 10.61
- immediately dangerous to life or health
- 144.45
- canonical SMILES
- C(C=O)Cl
- chemical formula
- C₂H₃ClO
- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
- 0118
- density
- 1.19
- boiling point
- 85.5
- vapor pressure
- 100
- ceiling exposure limit
- 3
- Commons category
- Chloroacetaldehyde
- melting point
- -16.3
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Chloroacetaldehyde is an organic compound with the formula ClCH2CHO. Like some related compounds, it is highly electrophilic reagent and a potentially dangerous alkylating agent. The compound is not normally encountered in the anhydrous form, but rather as the hemiacetal (ClCH2CH(OH))2O.
Chloroacetaldehyde is a metabolite of the antineoplastic ifosfamide and believed to be responsible for some of the toxicity observed with ifosfamide.