Phosphoryl chloride

Phosphoryl chloride (commonly called phosphorus oxychloride) is a colourless liquid with the formula POCl3. It hydrolyses in moist air releasing phosphoric acid and fumes of hydrogen chloride. It is manufactured industrially on a large scale from phosphorus trichloride and oxygen or phosphorus pentoxide. It is mainly used to make phosphate esters such as tricresyl phosphate.

Phosphoryl chloride
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Phosphoryl trichloride
Other names
  • Phosphorus(V) oxychloride
  • Phosphoric trichloride
  • Trichlorophosphate
  • Phosphorus(V) oxide trichloride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.030.030
EC Number
  • 233-046-7
2272
RTECS number
  • TH4897000
UNII
UN number 1810
  • InChI=1S/Cl3OP/c1-5(2,3)4 Y
    Key: XHXFXVLFKHQFAL-UHFFFAOYSA-N Y
  • InChI=1/Cl3OP/c1-5(2,3)4
    Key: XHXFXVLFKHQFAL-UHFFFAOYAS
  • O=P(Cl)(Cl)Cl
  • [O-][P+](Cl)(Cl)Cl
Properties
POCl3
Molar mass 153.32 g·mol−1
Appearance colourless liquid, fumes in moist air
Odor pungent and musty
Density 1.645 g/cm3, liquid
Melting point 1.25 °C (34.25 °F; 274.40 K)
Boiling point 105.8 °C (222.4 °F; 378.9 K)
Reacts
Solubility highly soluble in benzene, chloroform, carbon disulfide, carbon tetrachloride
Vapor pressure 40 mmHg (27 °C)
1.460
Structure
Tetrahedral at the P atom
2.54 D
Thermochemistry
138.8 J·mol−1·K−1 (liquid), 84.9 J·mol−1·K−1 (gas)
222.5 J·mol−1·K−1 (liquid), 325.5 J·mol−1·K−1 (gas)
−597.1 kJ·mol−1 (liquid), −558.5 kJ·mol−1 (gas)
−520.8 kJ·mol−1 (liquid), −512.9 kJ·mol−1(gas)
Enthalpy of fusion fHfus)
13.1 kJ·mol−1
38.6 kJ·mol−1
Hazards
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH):
Main hazards
Toxic and corrosive; releases HCl on contact with water
GHS labelling:
Danger
H302, H314, H330, H372
P260, P264, P270, P271, P280, P284, P301+P312, P301+P330+P331, P303+P361+P353, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P310, P314, P320, P321, P330, P363, P403+P233, P405, P501
NFPA 704 (fire diamond)
3
0
2
Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC):
380 mg/kg (rat, oral)
NIOSH (US health exposure limits):
PEL (Permissible)
none
REL (Recommended)
TWA 0.1 ppm (0.6 mg/m3) ST 0.5 ppm (3 mg/m3)
IDLH (Immediate danger)
N.D.
Safety data sheet (SDS) ICSC 0190
Related compounds
Related compounds
Supplementary data page
Phosphoryl chloride (data page)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references
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