Chloroformate

General chemical structure of chloroformate esters

Chloroformates are a class of chemical compounds which are esters of chloroformic acid. They are widely used as reagents in organic chemistry. For example, benzyl chloroformate is used to introduce the CBZ protecting group and fluorenylmethyloxycarbonylchloride is used to introduce the FMOC protecting group.

Reactions

Chloroformates have similar reactivity to other acyl chlorides, such as:

• Reaction with amines to form carbamates
• Reaction with alcohols to form carbonates

This organic chemistry article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Organic chemistry stubs Chloroformates Functional groups Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР Brett R. Henry Fabinho Capixaba Look at other dictionaries: chloroformate — noun Any salt or ester of chloroformic acid …   Wiktionary chloroformate — chlo·ro·form·ate …   English syllables chloroformate — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈfȯrmə̇t, ˌmāt noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary chloroform (I) + ate : a salt or ester of chloroformic acid called also chlorocarbonate …   Useful english dictionary Benzyl chloroformate — Chembox new ImageFile=Benzyl chloroformate 2D skeletal.png ImageName = Skeletal formula of benzyl chloroformate ImageFile1=Benzyl chloroformate 3D balls.png ImageName1 = Ball and stick model of the benzyl chloroformate molecule… …   Wikipedia Methyl chloroformate — Methyl chloroformate[1] …   Wikipedia Chloromethyl chloroformate — Identifiers CAS number 22128 62 7 …   Wikipedia methyl chloroformate — /klawr euh fawr mit, mayt, klohr /, Chem. a colorless liquid, C2H3ClO2, used chiefly in organic synthesis. Also called methyl chlorocarbonate. [CHLOROFORM + ATE2] * * * …   Universalium trichloromethyl chloroformate — /truy klawr oh meth euhl klawr euh fawr mit, mayt; truy klohr oh meth euhl klohr euh fawr mit, mayt/, Chem. diphosgene. [TRI + CHLORO 2 + METHYL] * * * …   Universalium methyl chloroformate — /klawr euh fawr mit, mayt, klohr /, Chem. a colorless liquid, C2H3ClO2, used chiefly in organic synthesis. Also called methyl chlorocarbonate. [CHLOROFORM + ATE2] …   Useful english dictionary trichloromethyl chloroformate — /truy klawr oh meth euhl klawr euh fawr mit, mayt; truy klohr oh meth euhl klohr euh fawr mit, mayt/, Chem. diphosgene. [TRI + CHLORO 2 + METHYL] …   Useful english dictionary 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”