4-(Chloromethyl)benzoic acid
CAS Registry Number®
1642-81-5
CAS Name
4-(Chloromethyl)benzoic acidMolecular Formula
C8H7ClO2Molecular Mass
170.59Cite this Page
4-(Chloromethyl)benzoic acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=1642-81-5 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 1642-81-5). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Boiling Point (1)
201-203 °CMelting Point (2)
196 °C
Source(s)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H7ClO2/c9-5-6-1-3-7(4-2-6)8(10)11/h1-4H,5H2,(H,10,11)
InChIKey
InChIKey=OITNBJHJJGMFBN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(O)(=O)C1=CC=C(CCl)C=C1
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)C1=CC=C(C=C1)CCl
Other Names for this Substance
- Benzoic acid, 4-(chloromethyl)-
- p-Toluic acid, α-chloro-
- 4-(Chloromethyl)benzoic acid
- p-(Chloromethyl)benzoic acid
- α-Chloro-p-toluic acid