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Benzyl chloride

CAS Registry Number®

100-44-7

CAS Name

Benzyl chloride

Molecular Formula

C7H7Cl

Molecular Mass

126.58

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Benzyl chloride.   CAS Common Chemistry.   CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d.   http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=100-44-7 (retrieved 2024-12-23) (CAS RN: 100-44-7).  Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Compound Properties

  • Boiling Point (1)

    179 °C

  • Melting Point (1)

    -45 °C

  • Density (1)

    1.100 g/cm³ @ Temp: 20 °C

Source(s)

  • (1) Hazardous Substances Data Bank data were obtained from the National Library of Medicine (US)

Other Names and Identifiers

InChI

InChI=1S/C7H7Cl/c8-6-7-4-2-1-3-5-7/h1-5H,6H2

InChIKey

InChIKey=KCXMKQUNVWSEMD-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

C(Cl)C1=CC=CC=C1

Canonical SMILES

ClCC=1C=CC=CC1

Other Names for this Substance

  • Benzene, (chloromethyl)-
  • Toluene, α-chloro-
  • (Chloromethyl)benzene
  • Benzyl chloride
  • ω-Chlorotoluene

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