Acetyl chloride

\( \newcommand\) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Acyl chlorides (also known as acid chlorides) are one of a number of types of compounds known as "acid derivatives". This is ethanoic acid: If you remove the -OH group and replace it by a -Cl, you have produced an acyl chloride. This molecule is known as ethanoyl chloride and for the rest of this topic will be taken as typical of acyl chlorides in general. Acyl chlorides are extremely reactive. They are open to attack by nucleophiles - with the overall result being a replacement of the chlorine by something else. The Overall Reaction We are going to generalize this for the moment by writing the reacting molecule as "Nu-H". Nu is the bit of the molecule which contains the nucleophilic oxygen or nitrogen atom. The attached hydrogen turns out to be essential to the reaction. The general equation for the reaction is: In each case, the net effect is that you replace the -Cl by -Nu, and hydrogen chloride is formed as well. Since the initial attack is by a nucleophile, and the overall result is substitution, it would seem reasonable to describe the reaction as nucleophilic substitution. However, the reaction happens in two distinct stages. The first involves an addition reaction, which is followed by an elimination reaction where HCl is produced. So the mechanism is also known as nucleophilic addition / eliminatio

Acetyl Chloride When acetyl chloride is replaced with methylsulfonic chloride, reaction occurs with explosive violence. From: Best Synthetic Methods, 2015 Related terms: • Polyetheretherketone • Ethylene • Propene • Poly(tetrafluoroethylene) • Copolymer • Tensile Strength • Aqueous Solution • Glass Fiber S. Kyushin, in Efficient Methods for Preparing Silicon Compounds, 2016 Experimental procedure Acetyl chloride (35g, 0.45mol) was added dropwise to a slurry of octamethyltrisilane (40g, 0.20mol) and aluminum chloride (53g, 0.40mol) with stirring. A moderate exothermic reaction took place, and finally the mixture became homogeneous. After the addition was completed, the mixture was stirred for 2h. The product was simply removed from the mixture by distillation under reduced pressure. After fractionation through a 25-cm column packed with glass helicoils, 1,3-dichloro-1,1,2,2,3,3-hexamethyltrisilane (40g, 84%) was obtained as a colorless pure liquid. Bp: 89°C/14mmHg. S.J. Dawson, ... I. Huc, in Methods in Enzymology, 2016 2.1Reagents Acetyl chloride, acetic anhydride, CaH 2, CBr 4, 1-chloro- N, N,2-trimethyl-1-propenylamine (Ghosez reagent), CsI, 1-methyl-2-(4′-nitrophenyl)-imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidinium perchlorate (DESC), dimethylformamide (DMF), dichloromethane, N, N-diisopropylethylamine (DIEA), isopropanol, Fmoc α-amino acids, quinoline and fluoroquinoline monomers, methanol, nitrogen gas, piperidine, Sieber amide resin (“low loading” ~0.6–0.7mmolg –1), tetrahydrofuran (THF)...

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It would seem to make sense, but keep in mind each resonance structure is reactive because the central oxygen in each structure will only have a pi bond on one side making the other side more reactive. Minimizing the spread of charges will make a resonance structure more significant and the charges in the anhydride resonance structures are relatively spread out as the electrons move throughout the compound. Alternatively, you can think about the stability of the leaving groups when each carboxylic acid derivative undergoes a nucleophilic attack and subsequent elimination. For the acyl chloride, the chlorine anion does a great job of holding on to the negative charge since it is relatively large, electronegative, and the conjugate base of a strong acid (so very unreactive/stable). The carboxyl leaving group from the anhydride has two resonance structures and will be quite unreactive/stable as well. The alkoxide leaving group from the ester will be a strong base and thus reactive/unstable. Finally, the amine anion from the amide will be a very strong base/unstable. I apologise for any inconveniences caused, but I would like to challenge one or two of the suggestions made in the video. Whilst the video was most informative on the reactivity of carboxylic acid derivatives, I cannot help but feel that Mr Khan has made a mistake. When explaining why acyl chlorides were the least stable acid derivatives, Mr Khan focused on the electronegativity of the Chlorine atom, however I wou...

In acyl chloride (or acid chloride) is an −C(=O)Cl. Their formula is usually written R−COCl, where R is a R−C(=O)OH). A specific example of an acyl chloride is CH 3COCl. Acyl chlorides are the most important subset of Nomenclature [ ] Where the acyl chloride -yl chloride for -ic acid. Thus: ic acid (CH 3 COOH) → yl chloride (CH 3 COCl) ic acid (C 6H 5 COOH) → yl chloride (C 6H 5 COCl) When other functional groups take priority, acyl chlorides are considered prefixes — chlorocarbonyl-: acetic acid (CH 3COOH) → ( chlorocarbonyl)acetic acid ( ClOCCH 2COOH) Properties [ ] Lacking the ability to form −1. The simplest stable acyl chloride is acetyl chloride; formyl chloride is not stable at room temperature, although it can be prepared at –60°C or below. Acyl chlorides hydrolyze (react with water) to form the corresponding carboxylic acid and hydrochloric acid: RCOCl + H 2 O ⟶ RCOOH + HCl Synthesis [ ] Industrial routes [ ] The industrial route to acetyl chloride involves the reaction of ( CH 3 CO ) 2 O + HCl ⟶ CH 3 COCl + CH 3 CO 2 H Laboratory methods: thionyl chloride [ ] In the laboratory, acyl chlorides are generally prepared by treating carboxylic acids with SOCl 2). Thionyl chloride SO 2) are gases and residual thionyl chloride can be easily removed as a result of its low boiling point (76°C). The reaction with thionyl chloride is catalyzed by Laboratory methods: phosphorus chlorides [ ] PCl 3) is also popular, PCl 5). RCO 2 H + PCl 5 ⟶ RCOCl + POCl 3 + HCl Reactions [...

CAS 75-36-5 Molecular Formula C2H3ClO Molecular Weight (g/mol) 78.495 MDL Number MFCD00000719 InChI Key WETWJCDKMRHUPV-UHFFFAOYSA-N Synonym ethanoyl chloride, acetic chloride, acetylchloride, acetic acid chloride, ch3cocl, rcra waste number u006, acetic acid, chloride, unii-qd15rno45k, ccris 4568, hsdb 662 PubChem CID ChEBI IUPAC Name acetyl chloride SMILES CC(=O)Cl Acetyl chloride acts as a reagent for the preparation of esters and amides of acetic acid. It is also useful as an important reactant in Friedel-Crafts reactions as well as in the introduction of an acetyl group. It serves as a starting material in the production of pharmaceutical, new plating complexing agent, acylation agent and synthetic organic intermediates. This Thermo Scientific Chemicals brand product was originally part of the Alfa Aesar product portfolio. Some documentation and label information may refer to the legacy brand. The original Alfa Aesar product / item code or SKU reference has not changed as a part of the brand transition to Thermo Scientific Chemicals. Applications Acetyl chloride acts as a reagent for the preparation of esters and amides of acetic acid. It is also useful as an important reactant in Friedel-Crafts reactions as well as in the introduction of an acetyl group. It serves as a starting material in the production of pharmaceutical, new plating complexing agent, acylation agent and synthetic organic intermediates. Solubility Miscible with acetone, chloroform, glacial acetic aci...

• Experimental Physico-chemical Properties • Experimental Melting Point: -112 °C TCI -112 °C Alfa Aesar -112 °C OU Chemical Safety Data (No longer updated) -112.8 °C Jean-Claude Bradley Open Melting Point Dataset -112 °C Jean-Claude Bradley Open Melting Point Dataset -112 °C Alfa Aesar -112 °C Sigma-Aldrich -112 °C Kaye & Laby (No longer updated) • Experimental Boiling Point: 50-52 °C Alfa Aesar 51 °C OU Chemical Safety Data (No longer updated) 50-52 °C Alfa Aesar 52 °C Oakwood 52 °C Sigma-Aldrich 51 °C / 760 mmHg Kaye & Laby (No longer updated) 52 °C Oakwood • Experimental Flash Point: 4 °C OU Chemical Safety Data (No longer updated) 4 °C Alfa Aesar 4 °F (-15.5556 °C) Alfa Aesar 5 °C Oakwood 5 °C Sigma-Aldrich 5 °C Oakwood • Experimental Refraction Index: 1.389 Alfa Aesar 1.389 Sigma-Aldrich 1.3898 Kaye & Laby (No longer updated) • Experimental Density: 1.105 g/mL / 4 °C Merck Millipore 1.103 g/mL / 20 °C Merck Millipore 1.294 g/mL Alfa Aesar 1.104 g/mL Alfa Aesar 1.104 g/mL Oakwood 1.104 g/mL Sigma-Aldrich 1.105 g/mL / 20 °C Kaye & Laby (No longer updated) • Predicted Physico-chemical Properties • Predicted Melting Point: -112 °C TCI -112 °C TCI • Miscellaneous • Appearance: colourless to light yellow liquid with a pungent OU Chemical Safety Data (No longer updated) • Stability: Highly flammable. Reacts violently with DMSO, water, lower alcohols,and amines to generatetoxic fumes. May form an explosive mixture with air. Notelow flash point. Incompatible with water, alcoho...