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2-(2-Chloroethoxy)ethanol

99%

Synonym(s):

Diethylene glycol monochlorohydrin

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Linear Formula:
ClCH2CH2OCH2CH2OH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
124.57
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
211-059-9
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
506015
MDL number:
Assay:
99%
Form:
liquid
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Quality Level

assay

99%

form

liquid

refractive index

n20/D 1.452 (lit.)

bp

79-81 °C/5 mmHg (lit.)

density

1.18 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

functional group

chloro, ether, hydroxyl

SMILES string

OCCOCCCl

InChI

1S/C4H9ClO2/c5-1-3-7-4-2-6/h6H,1-4H2

InChI key

LECMBPWEOVZHKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

2-(2-Chloroethoxy)ethanol is a chloroalkoxy alcohol commonly used as an organic building block in the synthesis of various pharmaceutical compounds.

Application

2-(2-Chloroethoxy)ethanol was used in the synthesis of o-nitrophenylbromoacetaldehyde bis-2-(2-chloroethoxy)-ethyl acetal, quetiapine (an antipsychotic drug) and 2-(2-azidoethoxy)ethanol.


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Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

194.0 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

90 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter



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GC method for quantitative determination of residual 2-(2-chloroethoxy) ethanol (CEE) and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone (NMP) in quetiapine.
Elzbieta U Stolarczyk et al.
Acta poloniae pharmaceutica, 64(2), 187-189 (2007-08-02)
One-Pot Synthesis of Well-Defined Amphiphilic and Adaptative Block Copolymers via Versatile Combination of ?Click? Chemistry and ATRP.
Mespouille L, et al.
Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 28(22), 2151-2158 (2007)
Abdelreheem Abdelfatah Saddik et al.
Journal of materials chemistry. B, 8(43), 9961-9970 (2020-10-14)
The discovery of crown ethers and their unique interactions with ions make them play a key role in supramolecular chemistry. In this study, we have developed a new type of amphiphilic crown ether (DB18C6, DB24C8)-conjugated phenylalanine dipeptides for the gelation



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SKUGTIN
162965-50G04061838747297
162965-250G04061837632150