Quality Segment
assay
97%
form
liquid
refractive index
n20/D 1.401 (lit.)
bp
44-45.5 °C/9 mmHg (lit.)
density
1.007 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
functional group
ester, ether
SMILES string
CCOC(=O)COC
InChI
1S/C5H10O3/c1-3-8-5(6)4-7-2/h3-4H2,1-2H3
InChI key
JLEKJZUYWFJPMB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Application
Ethyl methoxyacetate was used:
- as acyl donor during the preparation of enantiomers of several phenylethylamines
- as acylation reagent for the aminolysis of 1-phenylethanamine
- in an industrial, lipase-catalysed kinetic resolution of primary amine
