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PCC PHARMA Products Pharmaceutical solvents MCAA Flakes Tech. (Technical monochloroacetic acid)
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MCAA Flakes Tech. (Technical monochloroacetic acid)

MCAA 80% Solution Tech. is a product characterised by DCAA levels not exceeding 1500 ppm.

Monochloroacetic acid (MCAA) is highly reactive and is used as a raw material for many important organic compounds. It has a pungent odour, is readily soluble in water, ethanol, methanol, acetone, benzene, chloroform, DMSO and DMF. It is poorly soluble in hydrocarbons and their halogenated derivatives.

MCAA Flakes Tech. (Technical monochloroacetic acid)
Basic product data
Manufacturer
PCC MCAA Sp. z o.o.
Chemical name
Monochloroacetic acid
CAS No.
79-11-8
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Properties and applications
  • high reactivity;
  • low impurities content (DCAA < 1500ppm);
  • raw material and intermediate in many organic synthesis processes;
  • basic application is carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) production;
  • manufacture of active ingredients for the pharmaceutical industry (ibuprofen, diclofenac sodium, synthetic caffeine, vitamins (e.g., vitamin B6), glycine, malonates);
  • intermediate for the production of plant protection products such as 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), thiophosphoric acid esters (e.g., dimethoate), chloroacetyl chloride (CAC), trichloroacetyl chloride (TCAC), 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T), 2-methyl-4-phenoxyacetic acid (MCPA), phosphonates (e.g., glyphosate);
  • production of betaine and thioglycolic acid (cosmetics industry);
  • intermediate in indigo dye synthesis;
  • stabiliser in the processing of polyvinyl chloride;
  • production of plastics, detergents, paints and varnishes;
  • raw materials in the pulp and paper, food, and mining industries;
  • production of coumarin, malonic acid, mercaptoacetic acid, glycine (aminoacetic acid), cyanoacetic acid, and chloroacetamides
Full product description

Monochloroacetic acid is produced in a continuous way. The first stage is the chlorination of acetic acid. The second stage of the process is hydrogenation in which most of the dichloroacetic acid (DCAA) is removed. The third stage in which MCAA takes the form of a flakes is the solidification.

MCAA is one of the most important intermediates in the chemical industry and is widely used in a large number of organic synthesis processes. This is due to its high reactivity. Both chlorine in the α position and carboxyl group exhibit reactivity in a number of organic reactions, easily forming esters and amides and undergoing many possible substitutions of the chlorine atom.

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