2069. Chloral Alcoholate

Nomenclature

CAS number: 515-83-3
2,2,2-Trichloro-1-ethoxyethanol; chloral ethylalcoholate; trichloroacetaldehyde monoethylacetal.
C4H7Cl3O2; mol wt 193.46.
C 24.83%, H 3.65%, Cl 54.98%, O 16.54%.

Description and references

Prepd by refluxing trichloroacetaldehyde or chloral hydrate with alcohol: Personne, Compt. Rend. 69, 1363 (1869); Magnani, McElvain, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 60, 2212 (1938); Post, J. Org. Chem. 6, 830 (1941).

Chemical structure

Properties

Crystals, d 1.143. mp 47.5°. bp760 116°. Less sol in water than chloral hydrate. Sol in organic solvents. With concd H2SO4 it forms trichloroacetaldehyde and ethyl sulfate.