Methyl Hypochlorite
[CAS# 593-78-2]

Identification

• Name: Methyl Hypochlorite
• Synonyms: Hypochlorous Acid Methyl Ester; Hypochlorous Acid, Methyl Ester; Ch3ocl
• Molecular Formula: CH₃ClO
• Molecular Weight: 66.49
• CAS Registry Number: 593-78-2
• SMILES: COCl
• InChI: 1S/CH3ClO/c1-3-2/h1H3
• InChIKey: UCFFGYASXIPWPD-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Properties

• Density: 1.059g/cm³ (Cal.)
• Boiling point: -6.286°C at 760 mmHg (Cal.)
• Flash point: -36.239°C (Cal.)

References

• (1): Xiaowei Wang, Qinghua Lou, Ying Guo, Yang Xu, Zhili Zhang and Junyi Liu. The design and synthesis of 9-phenylcyclohepta[d]pyrimidine-2,4-dione derivatives as potent non-nucleoside inhibitors of HIV reverse transcriptase, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2006, 4, 3252.