Chemistry:2-Chloropropionic acid
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2-Chloropropanoic acid | |
| Other names
α-Chloropropanoic acid
α-Chloropropionic acid | |
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| UN number | 2511 |
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| C3H5ClO2 | |
| Molar mass | 108.52 g·mol−1 |
| Appearance | Colorless liquid |
| Density | 1.18 g/mL |
| Melting point | −13 °C (9 °F; 260 K) |
| Boiling point | 78 °C (172 °F; 351 K) at 10 mmHg |
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| Main hazards | Toxic, corrosive |
| Safety data sheet | External MSDS |
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| GHS Signal word | Danger |
| H301, H302, H310, H314, H331, H371, H373 | |
| P260, P261, P262, P264, P270, P271, P280, P301+312, P301+330+331, P302+350, P303+361+353, P304+340, P305+351+338, P309+311, P310, P311, P314, P321, P322, P330, P361, P363, P403+233, P405, P501 | |
| Flash point | 101 °C (214 °F; 374 K) |
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Propionic acid Chloroacetic acid |
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2-Chloropropionic acid (2-chloropropanoic acid) is the chemical compound with the formula CH3CHClCO2H. This colorless liquid is the simplest chiral chlorocarboxylic acid, and it is noteworthy for being readily available as a single enantiomer. The conjugate base of 2-chloropropionic acid (CH3CHClCO2−), as well as its salts and esters, are known as 2-chloropropionates or 2-chloropropanoates.[1]
Preparation
Racemic 2-chloropropionic acid is produced by chlorination of propionyl chloride followed by hydrolysis of the 2-chloropropionyl chloride.[1] Enantiomerically pure (S)-2-chloropropionic acid can be prepared from L-alanine via diazotization in hydrochloric acid.[2] Other α-amino acids undergo this reaction.
Reactions
Reduction of (S)-2-chloropropionic acid with lithium aluminium hydride affords (S)-2-chloropropanol, the simplest chiral chloro-alcohol. This alcohol undergoes cyclization upon treatment with potassium hydroxide, which causes dehydrohalogenation to give the epoxide, (R)-propylene oxide (methyloxirane).[3]
2-Chloropropionyl chloride reacts with isobutylbenzene to give, after hydrolysis, ibuprofen.[1]
Safety
In general, α-halocarboxylic acids and their esters are good alkylating agents and should be handled with care. 2-Chloropropionic acid is a neurotoxin.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Samel, Ulf-Rainer; Kohler, Walter; Gamer, Armin Otto; Keuser, Ullrich (2005). "Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a22_223.
- ↑ Koppenhoefer, Bernhardt; Schurig, Volker (1988). "(S)-2-Chloroalkanoic Acids of High Enantiomeric Purity from (S)-2-Amino Acids: (S)-2-Chloropropanoic Acid". Organic Syntheses 66: 151. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.066.0151.
- ↑ Bernhard Koppenhoefer; Volker Schurig (1988). "(R)-Alkyloxiranes of High Enantiomeric Purity from (S)-2-Chloroalkanoic Acids Via (S)-2-Chloro-1-Alkanols: (R)-Methyloxirane". Organic Syntheses 66: 160. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.066.0160.
- ↑ "Neuropathological changes in rat brain following oral administration of 2-chloropropionic acid". Neurotoxicology 17 (2): 471–480. 1996. PMID 8856742.
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