2,2,2-trichloroethanol

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Structural formula
Structural formula of 2,2,2-trichloroethanol
General
Surname 2,2,2-trichloroethanol
other names

Trichloroethyl alcohol

Molecular formula C 2 H 3 Cl 3 O
Brief description

colorless, ethereal-smelling, hygroscopic liquid

External identifiers / databases
CAS number 115-20-8
EC number 204-071-0
ECHA InfoCard 100.003.701
PubChem 8259
ChemSpider 7961
Wikidata Q4596742
properties
Molar mass 149.40 g mol −1
Physical state

liquid

density

1.55 g cm −3

Melting point

19 ° C

boiling point

151-153 ° C

Vapor pressure

1.3 hPa (20 ° C)

Refractive index

1.4885

safety instructions
GHS labeling of hazardous substances
05 - Corrosive 07 - Warning

danger

H and P phrases H: 302-315-318-336
P: 264-270-280-305 + 351 + 338-310-330
As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions . Refractive index: Na-D line , 20 ° C

2,2,2-Trichloroethanol is a chemical compound from the group of chloroalkanes and alkanols . 2,2,2-Trichloroethanol is difficult to mix with water and prolonged contact with water leads to hydrolysis .

2,2,2-trichloroethanol has an anesthetic effect. It is the main metabolite in the breakdown of 1,1,1-trichloroethane , trichloroethene and chloral hydrate in humans and in the microbial breakdown of trichloroethene.

Extraction and presentation

2,2,2-Trichloroethanol can be obtained by reducing chloral hydrate.

use

2,2,2-Trichloroethanol serves as a precursor to the synthesis of anthelmintics , herbicides , insecticides such as trichloroethyl phosphate (Triclophos), which can also be used as a plasticizer , and sleeping pills such as chloroethate . The connection can also be used as an initiator, for. B. can be used for atom transfer radical polymerization .

2,2,2-Trichloroethanol is used in organic chemistry for the production of trichloroethyl esters as a carboxylic acid protective group ( TROC ). Of 2,2,2-trichloroethanol and phosphorus trichloride is 2,2,2-Trichlorethyldichlorphosphit accessible, which in the nucleic acid is applied chemistry.

It is also used in biochemistry as a fluorescent protein dye , since it reacts covalently with tryptophans after exposure to UV light .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f g h i j k Entry on 2,2,2-trichloroethanol. In: Römpp Online . Georg Thieme Verlag, accessed on May 12, 2015.
  2. a b Entry on 2,2,2-trichloroethanol in the GESTIS substance database of the IFA , accessed on July 23, 2016(JavaScript required) .
  3. Peter Lemmen et al .: Building blocks for oligonucleotide syntheses with uniformly fragmentable β-halogenated protective groups. In: Journal of Nature Research C . 42, 1987, pp. 442-445 ( PDF , free full text).
  4. Carol L. Ladner, Jing Yang, Raymond J. Turner, Robert A. Edwards: Visible fluorescent detection of proteins in polyacrylamide gels without staining. In: Analytical Biochemistry Vol. 326, 2004, pp. 13-20, PMID 14769330 .
  5. Jennifer E. Gilda, Aldrin V. Gomes: Stain-Free total protein staining is a superior loading control to β-actin for Western blots. In: Analytical Biochemistry Vol. 440, 2013, pp. 186-188, PMID 23747530 .