| Appearance |
White Crystalline Powder |
| Odour |
Odourless/Faint aromatic odour |
| Assay on dry basis |
Not Less Than 98 % |
| Solubility |
Insoluble in Water & freely soluble in alcohol |
| Bulk Density |
0.828 |
| Moisture |
8% +/-2% |
| Free Acid |
Not more Than 1 % |
| Isomer Impurity |
Less Than 2 % |
| Melting Range |
67 °C |
| Boiling Point |
134 °C |
| Stability |
Unstable. Highly reactive hygroscopic. Hydrolyses to hydrogn chloride & p-toluene sulfonic acid. |
| Application |
P-Toluene Sulfonyl Chloride (Crude) is used as an intermediate for the synthesis of dyes and pigments. |