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D49504

Dibutyl sebacate

technical grade

Synonym(s):

Decanedioic acid dibutyl ester, Sebacic acid dibutyl ester

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
[-(CH2)4CO2(CH2)3CH3]2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
314.46
UNSPSC Code:
12162002
NACRES:
NA.23
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
203-672-5
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1798308
MDL number:
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grade

technical grade

form

liquid

refractive index

n20/D 1.441 (lit.)

bp

178-179 °C/3 mmHg (lit.)

solubility

hexane, toluene, ethanol and acetone: soluble, water and propylene glycol: insoluble

density

0.936 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CCCCOC(=O)CCCCCCCCC(=O)OCCCC

InChI

1S/C18H34O4/c1-3-5-15-21-17(19)13-11-9-7-8-10-12-14-18(20)22-16-6-4-2/h3-16H2,1-2H3

InChI key

PYGXAGIECVVIOZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Dibutyl sebacate(DBS) is a lipophilic dibutyl ester that can be used as a plasticizer with low solubility in water.

Application

DBS can be used as a plasticizer for the formation of ethylcellulose based coating membranes which can be potentially used in drug delivery systems. It may also be used as a plasticizer during the fabrication of electronic artificial tongue sensors for analyzing the intensity of olive oils.


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Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

366.8 °F - open cup

flash_point_c

186 °C - open cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter



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