Methyl chloride

CAS Registry Number®

74-87-3

CAS Name

Methyl chloride

Molecular Formula

CH3Cl

Molecular Mass

50.49

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Compound Properties

  • Boiling Point (1)

    -23.7 °C

  • Melting Point (1)

    -97 °C

  • Density (1)

    0.911 g/cm³ @ Temp: 25 °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/CH3Cl/c1-2/h1H3

InChIKey

InChIKey=NEHMKBQYUWJMIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

CCl

Canonical SMILES

ClC

Other Names for this Substance

  • Methane, chloro-
  • Chloromethane
  • Artic
  • Methyl chloride
  • Monochloromethane

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Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers

16786-44-0, 1173018-35-3, 1474045-09-4, 1474045-10-7, 1474045-11-8, 1596379-05-3, 2692599-23-6

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