Alias: phosphorus (Ⅴ) chloride
Product name: Phosphorus pentachloride
Chemical formula: PCl5
Boiling point: 160 (pressurized)
Melting point: 179 to 181°C
Flash points:
Molecular weight: 208.239
CAS RN: 10026-13-8
EINECS RN: 233-060-3
Appearance: light yellow crystalline powder
Uses: Phosphorus pentachloride is mainly used as a chlorination reagent for alcohols, carboxylic acids, amides, aldehydes, ketones, enols, and Beckmann rearrangement reagents. It is used as a chlorination agent and catalyst in organic synthesis, and is used in the production of medicines, dyes, The raw material of chemical fiber is also the raw material for the production of phosphazene chloride and phosphorus oxychloride.