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02659

Tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

2,5,8,11,14-Pentaoxapentadecane, Bis[2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl] ether, Dimethoxytetraethylene glycol, Dimethyltetraglycol, Tetraglyme

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Linear Formula:
CH3O(CH2CH2O)4CH3
CAS Number:
143-24-8
Molecular Weight:
222.28
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329747479
EC Number:
205-594-7
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1760005
MDL number:
MFCD00008505

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Product Name

Tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether, analytical standard

InChI key

ZUHZGEOKBKGPSW-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C10H22O5/c1-11-3-5-13-7-9-15-10-8-14-6-4-12-2/h3-10H2,1-2H3

SMILES string

COCCOCCOCCOCCOC

grade

analytical standard

vapor density

7.7 (vs air)

vapor pressure

<0.01 mmHg ( 20 °C)

assay

≥99.7% (GC)

autoignition temp.

510 °F

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

range of application measuring range

≤60 °C

refractive index

n20/D 1.432 (lit.)
n20/D 1.432

bp

275-276 °C (lit.)

mp

−30 °C (lit.)

density

1.009 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

environmental

format

neat

Quality Level

100

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General description

Tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether is a non-volatile, higher molecular weight glyme solvent.
This compound is listed in the SVHC (Substances of very high concern) candidate list of ECHA (European Chemicals Agency)

Application

Tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether may be used as an analytical reference standard for the quantification of the analyte in water samples using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry technique.

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Health hazard
GHS08

signalword

Danger

hcodes

H360FD

Hazard Classifications

Repr. 1B

supp_hazards

EUH019

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

276.8 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

136 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

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BCBV6760
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Stability of superoxide radicals in glyme solvents for non-aqueous Li?O 2 battery electrolytes
Schwenke UK
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15(28), 11830-11839 (2013)
Simultaneous determination of six hydrophilic ethers at trace levels using coconut charcoal adsorbent and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.
Stepien DK and Puttmann W.
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 405(5), 1743-1751 (2013)
M Shen et al.
Journal of biomaterials science. Polymer edition, 12(9), 961-978 (2002-01-15)
Monocytes and macrophages play important roles in host responses to implanted biomedical devices. Monocyte and macrophage interactions with biomaterial surfaces are thought to be mediated by adsorbed adhesive proteins such as fibrinogen and fibronectin. Non-fouling surfaces that minimize protein adsorption
Jiri Pinkas et al.
Ultrasonics sonochemistry, 15(3), 257-264 (2007-05-18)
Amorphous nanoscopic iron(III) oxide with interesting magnetic properties was prepared by sonolysis of Fe(acac)(3) under Ar in tetraglyme with a small amount of added water. The organics content and the surface area of the Fe(2)O(3) nanoparticles can be controlled with
Mingchao Shen et al.
Journal of biomaterials science. Polymer edition, 13(4), 367-390 (2002-08-06)
Polyethylene oxide (PEO) surfaces reduce non-specific protein and cell interactions with implanted biomaterials and may improve their biocompatibility. PEO-like polymerized tetraglyme surfaces were made by glow discharge plasma deposition onto fluorinated ethylene propylene copolymer (FEP) substrates and were shown to
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