CAS NUMBER: 107-05-1
EC NUMBER: 203-457-6
Allyl chloride is the organic compound with the formula CH2=CHCH2Cl. This colorless liquid is insoluble in water but soluble in common organic solvents.
It is mainly converted to epichlorohydrin, used in the production of plastics. It is a chlorinated derivative of propylene. It is an alkylating agent, which makes it both useful and hazardous to handle.
The great majority of allyl chloride is converted to epichlorohydrin. Other commercially significant derivatives include allyl alcohol, allylamine, allyl isothiocyanate (synthetic mustard oil)and allylsilane.
As an alkylating agent, it is useful in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and pesticides, such as mustard oil. Illustrative of its reactivity is its cyanation to allyl cyanide (CH2=CHCH2CN), reductive coupling to give diallyl, oxidative addition to palladium to give allylpalladium chloride dimer, (C3H5)2Pd2Cl2, and dehydrohalogenation to cyclopropene.
