9634. 2,4,6-Trichloro-m-cresol

Nomenclature

CAS number: 551-76-8
2,4,6-Trichloro-3-methylphenol; 2,4,6-trichloro-3-hydroxytoluene.
C7H5Cl3O; mol wt 211.47.
C 39.76%, H 2.38%, Cl 50.30%, O 7.57%.

Description and references

Prepd by chlorination of m-cresol, chlorination of thymol in the presence of iron, or by action of concd sulfuric acid on 2,4,4-trichloro-3-methyl-6-isopropyl-Δ2,5-cyclohexadienone: Crowther, McCombie, J. Chem. Soc. 103, 536 (1913).

Chemical structure

Properties

Needles or plates from water or petr ether. mp 45-47°; bp 265°, bp14 142-144°. Volatile with steam. Slightly sol in water, benzene, petr ether, glacial acetic acid. Freely sol in methanol, alc, chloroform, xylene, ether and in alkali solns.