Chloroacetaldehyde

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Chloroacetaldehyde
Structural formula
Ball-and-stick model
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Chloroacetaldehyde
Systematic IUPAC name
Chloroethanal
Other names
2-Chloroacetaldehyde
2-Chloroethanal
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
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EC Number
  • 203-472-8
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C2H3ClO/c3-1-2-4/h2H,1H2
    Key: QSKPIOLLBIHNAC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • C(C=O)Cl
Properties
C2H3ClO
Molar mass 78.50 g mol−1
Appearance Colourless liquid
Odor acrid, penetrating[1]
Density 1.117 g/mL
Melting point −16.3 °C (2.7 °F; 256.8 K)
Boiling point 85 to 85.5 °C (185.0 to 185.9 °F; 358.1 to 358.6 K)
soluble[1]
Solubility organic solvents
Hazards
Main hazards alkylating agent
Flash point 87.7 °C (189.9 °F) (closed cup)
Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC):
LD50 (median dose)
 89 mg/kg (oral, rat)
82 mg/kg (oral, mouse)[3]
LC50 (median concentration)
 200 ppm (rat, 1 hr)[4]
NIOSH (US health exposure limits):
PEL (Permissible)
 C 1 ppm (3 mg/m3)[2]
REL (Recommended)
 C 1 ppm (3 mg/m3)[2]
IDLH (Immediate danger)
 45 ppm[2]
Related compounds
Related compounds
 2-chloroethanol, Chloroacetic acid
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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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 useful intermediate in the synthesis of 2-aminothiazole[1] including the pharmaceuticals altizide, polythiazide, brotizolam and ciclotizolam.[5] Another use is to facilitate bark removal from tree trunks.[1]

Chloroacetaldehyde is a metabolite of the antineoplastic ifosfamide and believed to be responsible for some of the toxicity observed with ifosfamide.

Synthesis and reactions[]

Hydrated chloroacetaldehyde is produced by the chlorination of aqueous vinyl chloride:

ClCH=CH2 + Cl2 + H2O → ClCH2CHO + 2 HCl

It can also be prepared from vinyl acetate[6] or by careful chlorination of acetaldehyde.[1] The related bromoacetaldehyde is prepared via bromination of vinyl acetate. It also rapidly forms an acetals in the presence of alcohols.[7]

Being bifunctional, chloroacetaldehyde is a versatile precursor to many heterocyclic compounds. It condenses with thiourea derivatives to give aminothiazoles. This reaction was important as a precursor to sulfathiazole, one of the first sulfa drugs.[6]

Anhydrous[]

Water free chloroacetaldehyde is prepared from the hydrate by azeotropic distillation with chloroform, toluene or carbon tetrachloride. Anhydrous chloroacetaldehyde reversibly converts to polyacetals.[5][1] Less reactive chloroacetaldehyde derivatives might be used instead to obtain chloroacetaldehyde or bypass its intermediate formation completely: e.g. chloroacetaldehyde dimethyl acetal (2-chloro-1,1-dimethoxyethane) hydrolyzes in acidic conditions to give chloroacetaldehyde, which may then quickly react with the other reagents[5] instead of polymerizing.

Hemihydrate[]

Hemihydrate is formed as below. It has a melting point of 43–50 °C, boiling point of 85.5 °C.[1]

Chloroacetaldehyde reaction01.svg

Environmental aspects[]

Chloroacetaldehyde is a metabolite in the degradation of 1,2-dichloroethane, which initially converts to chloroethanol. This metabolic pathway is topical because 1,2-dichloroethane is produced on a large as a precursor to vinyl chloride.[8]

Safety[]

Chloroacetaldehyde is corrosive to mucous membranes. It irritates eyes, skin and respiratory tract.[1]

Based on data collected from human studies in 1962, exposures to 45 ppm of chloroacetaldehyde were found to be disagreeable and caused conjunctival irritation to the subjects.[9] The Occupational Safety and Health Administration established a permissible exposure limit at a ceiling of 1 ppm (3 mg/m3) for exposures to chloroacetaldehyde.[10]

References[]

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  2. ^ a b c NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards. "#0118". National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
  3. ^ "Chloroacetaldehyde". National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Chloroacetaldehyde". Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health Concentrations (IDLH). National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
  5. ^ a b c Keiji, T (1992-10-30). "α-Chlorocarbonyl Compounds: Their Synthesis and Applications (Commemoration Issue Dedicated to Professor Shigeo Tanimoto On the Occation of His Retirement)". Bulletin of the Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University. 70 (3): 341. hdl:2433/77455. ISSN 0023-6071.
  6. ^ a b Jira, Reinhard; Kopp, Erwin; McKusick, Blaine C.; Röderer, Gerhard; Bosch, Axel; Fleischmann, Gerald (2007). "Chloroacetaldehydes". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a06_527.pub2.
  7. ^ S. M. McElvain and D. Kundiger "Bromoacetal" Organic Syntheses 1943, volume 23, p. 8. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.023.0008.
  8. ^ Janssen, D. B.; van der Ploeg, J. R. and Pries, F., "Genetics and Biochemistry of 1,2-Dichloroethane Degradation", Biodegradation, 1994, 5, 249-57.doi:10.1007/BF00696463
  9. ^ Documentation for Immediately Dangerous To Life or Health Concentrations (IDLHs)
  10. ^ CDC - NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
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