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| Other names | sulfurous oxychloride sulfurous dichloride sulfinyl chloride sulfinyl dichloride dichlorosulfoxide |
| Identifiers | |
| CAS number | 7719-09-7 |
| Properties | |
| Molecular formula | SOCl2 |
| Molar mass | 118.97 g/mol |
| Appearance | clear to yellow odorous liquid |
| Density | 1.638 g ml−1, liquid |
| Melting point |
−104.5 °C |
| Boiling point |
76 °C |
| Solubility in water | Reactive |
| Viscosity | 0.6 cP at ? °C |
| Structure | |
| Molecular shape | pyramidal |
| Dipole moment | 1.4 D |
| Hazards | |
| MSDS | External MSDS |
| EU classification | Corrosive (C) |
| NFPA 704 |
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| R-phrases | R14, R20/22, R29, R35 |
| S-phrases | (S1/2), S26, S36/37/39, S45 |
| Flash point | non flammable |
| Related compounds | |
| Related compounds | Sulfuryl chloride Selenium oxydichloride |
| Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa) Infobox references |
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Thionyl chloride (or thionyl dichloride) is an inorganic compound with the formula SOCl2. SOCl2 is a reactive chemical reagent used in chlorination reactions. It is a colorless, distillable liquid at room temperature and pressure that decomposes above 140 °C. SOCl2 is sometimes confused with sulfuryl chloride, SO2Cl2, but the chemical properties of these S(IV) and S(VI) compounds differ significantly. Approximately 45,000 tons/y were produced in the early 1990's.1
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Properties and structure
The molecule SOCl2 is pyramidal, indicating the presence of a lone pair of electrons on the S(IV) center (in contrast, the stoichiometrically related species COCl2 is planar). SOCl2 reacts with water to release hydrogen chloride and sulfur dioxide.
Production
The major industrial synthesis involves the reaction of sulfur trioxide and sulfur dichloride:2
Other methods include
- SO2 + PCl5 → SOCl2 + POCl3
- SO2 + Cl2 + SCl2 → 2 SOCl2
- SO3 + Cl2 + 2 SCl2 → 3 SOCl2
The first of the above three reactions also affords phosphorus oxychloride (phosphoryl chloride), which resembles thionyl chloride in many of its reactions.
Applications
Thionyl chloride is main used in the industrial production of organochlorine compounds, which are often intermediates in pharmaceuticals and agrichemicals.
Organic chemistry
Thionyl chloride is used to convert carboxylic acids to acyl chlorides 34
and alcohols 56 to the corresponding alkyl chlorides via an internal nucleophilic substitution.
It is preferred over other reagents such as phosphorus pentachloride because the products of the thionyl chloride reactions, HCl and SO2 are gaseous, simplifying the purification of the product. Excess thionyl chloride may be removed by distillation. An example of a reaction of thionyl chloride with an alcohol is in a synthesis of bicifadine 7:
Sulfonic acids react with thionyl chloride to produce sulfonyl chlorides.89 Likewise, thionyl chloride will transform sulfinic acids into sulfinyl chlorides1011 and phosphonic acids into phosphoryl chlorides.
Thionyl chloride will react with primary formamides to form isocyanides.12
Amides will react with thionyl chloride to form imidoyl chlorides. However, primary amides under heating with thionyl chloride will continue on to form nitriles.13
Inorganic chemistry
Anhydrous metal chlorides may be obtained from hydrated metal chlorides by refluxing in freshly distilled thionyl chloride:14
- MCln·xH2O + x SOCl2 → MCln + x SO2 + 2x HCl
Other applications
Thionyl chloride is a component of lithium-thionyl chloride batteries as the positive active material with lithium as the negative active material. In military usage, thionyl chloride is used in the "di-di" method of producing G-series nerve agents.
Safety
SOCl2 is a reactive compound that can explosively release dangerous gases upon contact with water and other reagents. Industrial production of thionyl chloride is controlled under the Chemical Weapons Convention, where it is listed in schedule 3.
References
- ^ Hans-Dietrich Lauss, Wilfried Steffens “Sulfur Halides” in Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2005.
- ^ N. N. Greenwood, A. Earnshaw, Chemistry of the Elements, Pergamon Press, 1984.
- ^ Allen, C. F. H.; Byers, Jr., J. R.; Humphlett, W. J. (1963). "Oleoyl chloride". Org. Synth.; Coll. Vol. 4: 739.
- ^ Rutenberg, M. W.; Horning, E. C. (1963). "1-Methyl-3-ethyloxindole". Org. Synth.; Coll. Vol. 4: 620.
- ^ Mondanaro, K. R.; Dailey, W. P. (2004). "3-Chloro-2-(chloromethyl)-1-propene". Org. Synth.; Coll. Vol. 10: 212.
- ^ Krakowiak, K. E.; Bradshaw, J. S. (1998). "4-Benzyl-10,19-diethyl-4,10,19-triaza-1,7,13,16-tetraoxacycloheneicosane". Org. Synth.; Coll. Vol. 9: 34.
- ^ Chlorination/Cyclodehydration of Amino Alcohols with SOCl2: An Old Reaction Revisited Feng Xu, Bryon Simmons, Robert A. Reamer, Edward Corley, Jerry Murry, and David Tschaen J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 312-315 doi:10.1021/jo701877h
- ^ Weinreb, S. M.; Chase, C. E.; Wipf, P.; Venkatraman, S. (2004). "2-Trimethylsilylethanesulfonyl chloride (SES-Cl)". Org. Synth.; Coll. Vol. 10: 707.
- ^ Hazen, G. G.; Bollinger, F. W.; Roberts, F. E.; Russ, W. K.; Seman, J. J.; Staskiewicz, S. (1998). "4-Dodecylbenzenesulfonyl azides". Org. Synth.; Coll. Vol. 9: 400.
- ^ Hulce, M.; Mallomo, J. P.; Frye, L. L.; Kogan, T. P.; Posner, G. H. (1990). "(S)-( + )-2-(p-toluenesulfinyl)-2-cyclopentenone: Precursor for enantioselective synthesis of 3-substituted cyclopentanones". Org. Synth.; Coll. Vol. 7: 495.
- ^ Kurzer, F. (1963). "p-Toluenesulfinyl chloride". Org. Synth.; Coll. Vol. 4: 937.
- ^ Niznik, G. E.; Morrison, III, W. H.; Walborsky, H. M. (1988). "1-d-Aldehydes from organometallic reagents: 2-methylbutanal-1-d". Org. Synth.; Coll. Vol. 6: 751.
- ^ Krynitsky, J. A.; Carhart, H. W. (1963). "2-Ethylhexanonitrile". Org. Synth.; Coll. Vol. 4: 436.
- ^ Alfred R. Pray, Richard F. Heitmiller, Stanley Strycker (1990). "Anhydrous Metal Chlorides". Inorganic Syntheses 28: 321–323. doi:.
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