CHLOROMETHYL PHENYL SULFOXIDE Chemical Properties

Melting point:

33-35 °C

Boiling point:

109-111 °C/0.01 mmHg

Density 

1.35±0.1 g/cm3(Predicted)

Flash point:

100 °C

storage temp. 

-20°C

BRN 

1617664

EPA Substance Registry System

Benzene, [(chloromethyl)sulfinyl]- (7205-94-9)

Safety Information

Safety Statements 

22-24/25

WGK Germany 

3

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CHLOROMETHYL PHENYL SULFOXIDE Usage And Synthesis

Uses

Chloromethyl phenyl sulfoxide has been used in the preparation of:

• 1-chloroalkyl sulfoxides
• starting material for the synthesis alkyl sulfoxides and thiol ester acyl anion equivalent

Synthesis Reference(s)

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 90, p. 4496, 1968 DOI: 10.1021/ja01018a078
Synthesis, p. 831, 1986
Tetrahedron Letters, 17, p. 613, 1976

General Description

Chloromethyl phenyl sulfoxide has synthetic potential and exhibits unusual stereochemical specificity. Stereospecific hydroxyalkylation of chloromethyl phenyl sulfoxide has been investigated.

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