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Tetraoctylammonium chloride

≥97.0% (AT), crystals

Synonym(s):

N,N,N-trioctyl-1-octanaminium chloride

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Linear Formula:
[CH3(CH2)7]4N(Cl)
CAS Number:
3125-07-3
Molecular Weight:
502.34
MDL number:
MFCD00210102
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
57653283
UNSPSC Code:
12352116
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
4169201

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Product Name

Tetraoctylammonium chloride, ≥97.0% (AT)

InChI

1S/C32H68N.ClH/c1-5-9-13-17-21-25-29-33(30-26-22-18-14-10-6-2,31-27-23-19-15-11-7-3)32-28-24-20-16-12-8-4;/h5-32H2,1-4H3;1H/q+1;/p-1

SMILES string

[Cl-].CCCCCCCC[N+](CCCCCCCC)(CCCCCCCC)CCCCCCCC

InChI key

SNNIPOQLGBPXPS-UHFFFAOYSA-M

assay

≥97.0% (AT)

form

crystals

mp

50-54 °C

Quality Level

200

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General description

Tetraoctylammonium chloride (TOACl) is a quaternary ammonium salt commonly used as a catalyst in organic synthesis.

Application

Tetraoctylammonium chloride is used as a:
  • Cationic additive in the preparation of the polyaniline-based calcium selective electrode.
  • Phase transfer catalyst in the Brust-Schiffrin synthesis of gold nanoparticles.

pictograms

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GHS07

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Hazard Classifications

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

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Reaction kinetics of the reaction between carbon dioxide and glycidyl methacrylate using tetraoctylammonium chloride as catalyst
Park SW, et al.
Reaction Kinetics and Catalysis Letters, 90, 215-223 (2007)
Joanna Lenik et al.
Materials science & engineering. C, Materials for biological applications, 61, 149-157 (2016-02-04)
Potentiometric sensors based on neutral β-cyclodextrins: (2-hydroxypropyl)-β-cyclodextrin, heptakis(2,3,6-tri-O-methyl)-β-cyclodextrin, heptakis(2,3,6-tri-O-benzoyl)-β-cyclodextrin and anionic β-cyclodextrin: (2-hydroxy-3-N,N,N-trimethylamino)propyl-β-cyclodextrin chloride for naproxen are described. Inclusion complexes of naproxen with the above-mentioned cyclodextrins were studied using IR spectroscopy. The electrode surface was made from PVC membranes doped
All-solid-state calcium-selective electrode prepared of soluble electrically conducting polyaniline and di (2-ethylhexyl) phosphate with tetraoctylammonium chloride as cationic additive
Lindfors T, et al.
Analytica Chimica Acta, 404(1), 111-119 (2000)
Adil Elik et al.
Food chemistry, 350, 129237-129237 (2021-02-23)
This paper reports a new and simple microextraction procedure for cobalt determination using green ionic hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent in developing air-assisted liquid-phase microextraction and flame atomic absorption spectrometry. Thecomplexationof Co(II) ions was carried out by using dithizone solution as
Electrochemical insight into the Brust--Schiffrin synthesis of Au nanoparticles
Uehara A, et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137(48), 15135-15144 (2015)
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