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Reactivity Documentation

Alcohols and Polyols

mixed with

Acyl Halides, Sulfonyl Halides, and Chloroformates

Summary

Details

Alcohols and Polyols is a reactive group.

Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)

Alcohols and Polyols mixed with
Acyl Halides, Sulfonyl Halides, and Chloroformates

Hazard Predictions

Acetyl chloride reacts with alcohols to form esters, releasing toxic HCl gas as a byproduct (Wagner, F.S., Jr. 2005. Acetyl Chloride. In Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (Online)).

Acetyl bromide reacts violently with water, methanol, or ethanol, evolving toxic HBr gas (The Merck Index, Rahway (NJ), Merck and Co. Inc., 9th ed., 1976, pp. 11.).

Phosgene reacts with alcohols, releasing toxic HCl gas as a byproduct (Dunlap, K.L. 2005. Phosgene. In Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (Online)).

Reaction between acetyl chloride and ethanol may accelerate to explosion (Lewis, R.J., Sr. 1992. Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials, 8th Edition. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. pp. 41.).

Cyanuric chloride reacts violently with methanol (Association of British Chemical Manufacturers. 1961. Quarterly Safety Summary 31:40.).

Alcohols react with SOCl2 to form toxic SO2 gas (Carey, F. A. Organic Chemistry, 5th Ed. New York, NY: McGraw Hill, Inc, 2003.)

Alcohols react with acid halides to liberate toxic HX gases (Smith, P. A. S., Open-Chain Nitrogen Compounds, Vol. I. New York: W. A. Benjamin, Inc., 1965, pp. 264).

Potential Gas Byproducts