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382655

2-Hydroxymethyl-12-crown-4

95%

Synonym(s):

(12-Crown-4)-2-methanol, 1,4,7,10-Tetraoxacyclododecan-2-methanol

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C9H18O5
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
206.24
UNSPSC Code:
12352005
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
278-224-5
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
4661968
MDL number:
Assay:
95%
Form:
liquid
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Quality Segment

assay

95%

form

liquid

reaction suitability

core: crown ether

refractive index

n20/D 1.480 (lit.)

bp

115 °C/0.04 mmHg (lit.)

density

1.192 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

functional group

ether, hydroxyl

SMILES string

OCC1COCCOCCOCCO1

InChI

1S/C9H18O5/c10-7-9-8-13-4-3-11-1-2-12-5-6-14-9/h9-10H,1-8H2

InChI key

NJIPEIQHUNDGPY-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Application

2-Hydroxymethyl-12-crown-4 can be used:
  • To prepare an ester of lasalocid with crown ether to study its complex formation with monovalent cations.
  • To prepare hydrogel adsorbents for potential usage in the recovery of lithium-ions from seawater.
  • As a starting material in the synthesis of metal-free phthalocyanines and metallophthalocyanines.



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Hazard Classifications

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

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

235.4 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

113 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter



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