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Thiophene is a chemical that is useful in a lot of stuff. It can be bought or synthesized from butane and sulfer at the vapor phase at 65 °C. Thiophene is an aromatic compound. Thiophene can be chloromethylated by formaldehyde solution and hydrogen chloride at 5 °C or lower to 2-chloromethylthiophene/2-(Chloromethyl)thiophene (TP-MeCl). Properties Chemical formula C4H4S Molar mass 84.14 g/mol Appearance colorless liquid Density 1.051 g/mL, liquid Melting point −38 °C (−36 °F; 235 K) Boiling point 84 °C (183 °F; 357 K) Magnetic susceptibility (χ) -57.38·10−6 cm3/mol Refractive index (nD) 1.5287 Viscosity 0.8712 cP at 0.2 °C 0.6432 cP at 22.4 °C
Tony: I synthesized 2-chloromethylthiophene from thiophene.