Methane Sulfonyl Chloride

Analysis Item	Specification
Purity %	99.5 Min%
Appearance	Clear Colourless Transparent Liquid
Color (APHA)	50 Max
Water Content (ppm)	200 Max
Heavy Metal (mg/kg)	5 ppm Max
Fe 3+ (mg /kg)	5 ppm Max
Density (18/4oC)	1.480-1.482
Chloride (mg/kg)	20 ppm Max

Methane Sulfonyl Chloride finds application in Pharmaceutical & Agrochemical synthesis.
It also finds application and Dyes Manufacturing.
The main use of Methanesulfonyl chloride is the formation of Methanesulfonates from alcohols in the presence of a non-nucleophilic base. Methanesulfonates are used as intermediates in substitution reactions, elimination reactions, reductions, and rearrangement reactions.
When treated with a Lewis acid, oxime methanesulfonates will undergo a facile Beckmann rearrangement.