Thionyl Chloride PurReagent, 98%

PurReagent


Linear Formula:  Cl2OS
Molecular Weight:  118.97 g/mol
CAS Number: 7719-09-7

Properties

Vapour pressure 121 hPa ( 20 °C)
Assay Purity >= 98 %
Refractive index n20/D 1.518(lit.)
B pt. 76 °C/1013 hPa
M pt. -104.5°C
Density 1.64 g/cm3 at 20 °C
Form Liquid

Safety Information

Hazard Statement(s) H302,H314,H331,H335
Precautionary Statement  P261 - P280 - P301 + P312 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P304 + P340 + P310 - P305 + P351 + P338
GHS Pictogram
Signal word Danger
HS Code 28121095
Flash point 105°C
Storage Temp. Room Temperature
Storage Class 6.1D - Non-combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic hazardous materials or hazardous materials causing chronic effects
UN Number 1836

Description

Application
It is primarily used as a chlorinating agent to convert carboxylic acids to acid chlorides alcohols to alkyl chlorides and amides to nitriles and in pharmaceutical synthesis for selective functional group transformations.

Purpose
Its main purpose is to enable mild chlorination reactions with SO and HCl as volatile byproducts that are easily removed preserving stereochemistry at carbon centers unlike harsher reagents like PCl.

General Description
Thionyl chloride (SOCl) is a colorless to pale yellow liquid with a pungent suffocating odor featuring a trigonal pyramidal structure around the central sulfur(IV) atom bonded to one double-bonded oxygen and two chlorines with a lone pair causing the pyramidal geometry.