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112682

Ethyl formate

reagent grade, 97%

Synonym(s):

Formic acid ethyl ester

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Linear Formula:
HCOOC2H5
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
74.08
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
eCl@ss:
39022251
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
EC Number:
203-721-0
MDL number:
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
906769
Assay:
97%
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Product Name

Ethyl formate, reagent grade, 97%

grade

reagent grade

Quality Segment

vapor density

2.5 (vs air)

vapor pressure

15.16 psi ( 55 °C), 3.79 psi ( 20 °C)

assay

97%

autoignition temp.

851 °F

expl. lim.

16 %

refractive index

n20/D 1.359 (lit.)

bp

52-54 °C (lit.)

mp

−80 °C (lit.)

density

0.921 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CCOC=O

InChI

1S/C3H6O2/c1-2-5-3-4/h3H,2H2,1H3

InChI key

WBJINCZRORDGAQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Ethyl formate is an ethyl ester of formic acid. Its microwave spectrum indicates the presence of two isomeric forms having the ethyl group cis to the carbonyl oxygen atom but having different arrangement of the methyl group about the -CH2-O bond. Kinetics of its pyrolytic decomposition to the corresponding acid and alkene has been reported.

Application

Ethyl formate has been used in the preparation of N-(2-triethoxysilylpropyl) formamide. It has been used in the synthesis of N-methyl-3-phenylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-amine hydrochloride.
It may be used in the synthesis of isoflavone.


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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

-4.0 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

-20 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves

Regulatory Information

危险化学品

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Tristan F Kinde et al.
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While the use of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) in separation buffers allows efficient analysis of complex mixtures, its presence in the sample matrix is known to severely interfere with the mass-spectrometric characterization of analyte molecules. In this article, we report
Microwave spectrum and rotational isomerism of ethyl formate.
Riveros JM and Wilson Jr EB.
J. Chem. Phys. , 46(12), 4605-4612 (1967)
The kinetics of the pyrolysis of ethyl and isopropyl formates and acetates.
Blades AT.
Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 32(4), 366-372 (1954)



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SKUGTIN
112682-2.5L04061838700148
112682-25ML04061838700155
112682-500ML04061838700162