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10917

Dibutyl ether

≥99.3% (GC)

Synonym(s):

DBE, Butyl ether

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Linear Formula:
[CH3(CH2)3]2O
CAS Number:
142-96-1
Molecular Weight:
130.23
EC Number:
205-575-3
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24846891
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1732752
MDL number:
MFCD00009461

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InChI key

DURPTKYDGMDSBL-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C8H18O/c1-3-5-7-9-8-6-4-2/h3-8H2,1-2H3

SMILES string

CCCCOCCCC

vapor density

4.48 (vs air)

vapor pressure

4.8 mmHg ( 20 °C)

assay

≥99.3% (GC)

autoignition temp.

365 °F

expl. lim.

8.5 %

bp

142-143 °C (lit.)

mp

−98 °C (lit.)

solubility

alcohol: miscible, diethyl ether: miscible

density

0.764 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

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General description

Dibutyl ether is commonly used as solvent for fats, oils, organic acids, alkaloids, natural and synthetic resins.

Application

Dibutyl ether was used develop head-space gas chromatographic technique for the determination of vapour/liquid equilibria at 298.15 K of binary mixtures of di-n-butyl ether.

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GHS02,GHS07

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Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Chronic 3 - Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 3 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

82.4 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

28 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

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Isothermal vapour/liquid equilibria of binary mixtures with dibutyl ether at 298.15 K.
Lepori L, et al.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2(21), 4837-4842 (2000)
J W McCargar et al.
Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 76(7), 572-574 (1987-07-01)
Experimental solubilities are reported for anthracene and carbazole in binary dibutyl ether plus n-hexadecane and dibutyl ether plus squalane solvent mixtures at 25 degrees C. Results of these measurements, used in conjunction with the extended nearly ideal binary solvent (NIBS)
Raymond Poon et al.
Toxicology, 214(1-2), 99-112 (2005-08-03)
A 4-week oral study was conducted in male rats to characterize and compare the toxicity of four aliphatic ethers (butyl ether, BE; ethyl hexyl ether, EHxE; methyl heptyl ether, MHpE; and 1,6-dimethoxyhexane, DMH) which have been proposed as high-cetane diesel
W E Acree et al.
Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 76(7), 575-579 (1987-07-01)
Solubilities are reported for carbazole in binary dibutyl ether plus 1-chlorohexane mixtures at 25 degrees C. Results of these measurements are compared with solution models developed for solubility in systems containing specific solute-solvent interactions. A simple stoichiometric complexation model based
Mingqiu Zhu et al.
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 120, 256-262 (2015-06-21)
The increasing use of algal-impacted source waters is increasing concerns over exposure to disinfection byproducts (DBPs) in drinking water disinfection, due to the higher concentrations of DBP precursors in these waters. The impact of pre-ozonation on the formation and speciation
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