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Dimethyl oxalate

ReagentPlus®, 99%

Synonym(s):

Methyl oxalate

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Linear Formula:
CH3OCOCOOCH3
CAS Number:
553-90-2
Molecular Weight:
118.09
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
24848213
EC Number:
209-053-6
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1071744
MDL number:
MFCD00008442

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Product Name

Dimethyl oxalate, ReagentPlus®, 99%

InChI key

LOMVENUNSWAXEN-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C4H6O4/c1-7-3(5)4(6)8-2/h1-2H3

SMILES string

COC(=O)C(=O)OC

product line

ReagentPlus®

assay

99%

form

powder

refractive index

n20/D 1.39 (lit.)

bp

163.5 °C (lit.)

mp

50-54 °C (lit.)

solubility

ethanol: soluble 50 mg/mL, clear to very slightly hazy, colorless

density

1.148 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

functional group

ester

Quality Level

100

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Application

Dimethyl oxalate (DMO) was used as alternate fuel in direct oxidation fuel cell. DMO was used to study the IR spectra of DMO isolated in noble gas low-temperature matrices.

General description

Dimethyl oxalate undergoes Cu/SiO2 catalyzed hydrogenation to yield ethylene glycol. It undergoes selective gas-phase hydrogenation catalyzed by Ag/SiO2 to yield corresponding alcohol.

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ReagentPlus is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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GHS05,GHS07

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Danger

hcodes

H302,H314

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B

Storage Class

8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

167.0 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

75 °C - closed cup

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

Regulatory Information

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Molecular structure and infrared spectra of dimethyl oxalate.
Lopes SB, et al.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 4(6), 1014-1020 (2002)
A1h NMR Pulse Gradient Spin-Echo (PGSE) Mass Transport Study of Dimethyl Oxalate and Ethylene Glycol: New Fuels for the DOFC.
Suarez-Gustave S, et al.
Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, 12(3), 525-528 (2000)
Chao Wen et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 49(45), 5195-5197 (2013-05-02)
The variation of the supports on the Cu/SiO2 catalyst plays an important role in the catalytic performance for hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate. The loss of silica in the form of tetramethoxysilane from the support under the reaction conditions is responsible
Anyuan Yin et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 46(24), 4348-4350 (2010-05-14)
Ag/SiO(2) prepared by a sol-gel process is highly effective for selective gas-phase hydrogenation of dimethyl oxalate to corresponding alcohols. The catalysts are of great potential as industrially viable and novel catalysts for the production of methyl glycolate and ethylene glycol.

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