CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Physical Description | Trichloroacetaldehyde appears as a colorless oily liquid with a penetrating odor. Reacts with water and denser than water. Contact may irritate skin, eyes and mucous membranes. Toxic by ingestion and inhalation. Used to make pesticides. |
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Color/Form | Colorless, mobile, oily liquid |
Odor | Pungent, irritating odor |
Boiling Point | 208 °F at 760 mmHg (NTP, 1992) |
Melting Point | -71.5 °F (NTP, 1992) |
Flash Point | 167 °F (NTP, 1992) |
Solubility | Reaction (NTP, 1992) |
Density | 1.51 at 68 °F (NTP, 1992) - Denser than water; will sink |
Vapor Density | 5.1 (Air = 1) |
Vapor Pressure | 35 mmHg at 68 °F ; 40 mmHg at 68.4 °F; 760 mmHg at 207.9 °F (NTP, 1992) |
Henry's Law Constant | Henry's Law constant = 2.91X10-9 atm-cu m/mol at 25 °C |
Stability/Shelf Life | UNSTABLE |
Heat of Vaporization | 97.1 BTU/Lb |
Polymerization | POLYMERIZES UNDER INFLUENCE OF LIGHT & IN PRESENCE OF SULFURIC ACID FORMING WHITE SOLID TRIMER CALLED METACHLORAL. |
Refractive Index | Index of refraction = 1.45572 at 20 °C/D; 1.4512 at 21.4 °C/He |
Dissociation Constants | pKa = 9.66 |
Kovats Retention Index | 715 695 699.1 |
Other Experimental Properties | Conversion factor: mg/cu m = 6.03 X ppm |
Chemical Classes | Other Classes -> Aldehydes |
COMPUTED DESCRIPTORS
Molecular Weight | 147.38 g/mol |
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XLogP3 | 1.6 |
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count | 0 |
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count | 1 |
Rotatable Bond Count | 0 |
Exact Mass | 145.909298 g/mol |
Monoisotopic Mass | 145.909298 g/mol |
Topological Polar Surface Area | 17.1 Ų |
Heavy Atom Count | 6 |
Formal Charge | 0 |
Complexity | 54.3 |
Isotope Atom Count | 0 |
Defined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
Defined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count | 1 |
Compound Is Canonicalized | Yes |
PRODUCT INTRODUCTION
description
Trichloroacetaldehyde appears as a colorless oily liquid with a penetrating odor. Reacts with water and denser than water. Contact may irritate skin, eyes and mucous membranes. Toxic by ingestion and inhalation. Used to make pesticides.