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2-Chloropropionic acid

92%

Synonym(s):

(±)-2-Chloropropionic acid

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Linear Formula:
CH3CHClCOOH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
108.52
Beilstein:
1720259
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
eCl@ss:
39050312
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

vapor pressure

4 mmHg ( 20 °C)

Assay

92%

refractive index

n20/D 1.4345 (lit.)

bp

170-190 °C (lit.)

solubility

H2O: soluble

density

1.182 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CC(Cl)C(O)=O

InChI

1S/C3H5ClO2/c1-2(4)3(5)6/h2H,1H3,(H,5,6)

InChI key

GAWAYYRQGQZKCR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

(S)-2-Chloropropionic acid is the building block for the synthesis of aryloxyphenoxypropionic acid herbicides. 2-Chloropropionic acid is the raw material for production of pesticides, dyestuffs and agro- and forest chemicals.

Application

  • 2-Chloropropionic acid is used in the preparation of propargyl 2-chloropropionate (PCP), an atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) initiator, by the esterification of propargyl alcohol.
  • It can be employed in the synthesis of a biologically active chitin derivative, (1-carboxyethyl) chitosan.
  • It can be treated with o-phenylenediamine phosphate to synthesize benzimidazole derivatives.

Biochem/physiol Actions

2-Chloropropionic acid on oral administration induces necrosis of granule cell layer of rat cerebellum.

Other Notes

Contains 2,2-dichloropropionic acid

Pictograms

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Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Skin Corr. 1A

Storage Class Code

8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

215.6 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

102 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Synthesis of a new chitin derivative,(1-carboxyethyl) chitosan.
Shigemasa Y, et al.
Chemistry Letters (Jpn), 24(8), 623-624 (1995)
Asymmetric reduction of 2-chloroacrylic acid to (S)-2-chloropropionic acid by a novel reductase from Burkholderia sp. WS.
Kurata A, et al.
Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 15(18), 2837-2839 (2004)
Synthesis of well-defined cyclic poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) via click chemistry and its unique thermal phase transition behavior.
Xu J, et al.
Macromolecules, 40(25), 9103-9110 (2007)
A facile and ?Green? synthesis of 2-substituted benzimidazoles.
Srinivas K and Dubey P K
Der Chemica Sinica, 5(2), 114-117 (2014)
Atsushi Kurata et al.
Journal of bioscience and bioengineering, 105(4), 429-431 (2008-05-24)
(S)-2-Chloropropionate is a synthetic intermediate for phenoxypropionic acid herbicides. We constructed a system for asymmetric reduction of 2-chloroacrylate to produce (S)-2-chloropropionate with recombinant Escherichia coli cells producing 2-haloacrylate reductase from Burkholderia sp. WS and an NADPH regeneration system. The system

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