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chloroacetic acid
Sign in to saveAlso known as monochloroacetic acid, monochloroethanoic acid, chloracetic acid, CAA, 2-chloroacetic acid, alpha-chloro-acetic acid, 2-chloro-ethanoic acid, 2-chloro-acetic acid
chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- C2H3ClO2
- Molecular weight
- 94.5 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-chloroacetic acid
- SMILES
- C(C(=O)O)Cl
- InChIKey
- FOCAUTSVDIKZOP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.2
- Polar surface area
- 37.3 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Has part
- carbon
- Mass
- 93.982
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- pKa
- 2.9
- Commons category
- Chloroacetic acid
- chemical formula
- C₂H₃ClO₂
- canonical SMILES
- C(C(=O)O)Cl
- ionization energy
- 10.70
- boiling point
- 189.35
- safety classification and labelling
- Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008
- melting point
- 61.3
- different from
- acetyl chloride
- density
- 1.58
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Encyclopedic overview
Chloroacetic acid, industrially known as monochloroacetic acid (MCA), is a organochlorine compound and carboxylic acid with the formula ClCH2CO2H; it is the simplest of the chloroacetic acids. This colorless solid is a useful building block in organic synthesis.
Production
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