3052. 1,3-Dichloroacetone

Nomenclature

CAS number: 534-07-6
1,3-Dichloro-2-propanone; α,γ-dichloroacetone; sym-dichloroacetone; bis(chloromethyl) ketone.
C3H4Cl2O; mol wt 126.97.
C 28.38%, H 3.18%, Cl 55.84%, O 12.60%.

Description and references

Prepd by the oxidation of dichlorohydrin with sodium dichromate: Conant, Quayle, Org. Synth. 2, 13 (1922).

Chemical structure

Properties

Plates, needles on distillation. mp 45°. bp 173°. d446 1.3826. nD46 1.47144. Sol in water, very sol in alc, ether.

Caution

Lacrimator, vesicant.