Skip to Content
Merck
CN

Key Documents

View All Documentation

27690

2,4,6-Trimethylpyridine

99% (GC), liquid, puriss. p.a.

Synonym(s):

2,4,6-Collidine, sym-Collidine

Sign In to View Organizational & Contract Pricing.

Select a Size

Change View

About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C8H11N
CAS Number:
108-75-8
Molecular Weight:
121.18
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
57648267
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
EC Number:
203-613-3
MDL number:
MFCD00006338
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
107283
Assay:
99% (GC)
Form:
liquid
Technical Service
Need help? Our team of experienced scientists is here for you.
Let Us Assist

Product Name

2,4,6-Trimethylpyridine, puriss. p.a., 99% (GC)

grade

puriss. p.a.

Quality Level

200

assay

99% (GC)

form

liquid

impurities

≤0.1% water

evapn. residue

≤0.1%

refractive index

n20/D 1.498

bp

171-172 °C (lit.)

mp

−43 °C (lit.)

density

0.917 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

cation traces

Al: ≤0.5 mg/kg, Ba: ≤0.1 mg/kg, Bi: ≤0.1 mg/kg, Ca: ≤0.5 mg/kg, Cd: ≤0.05 mg/kg, Co: ≤0.02 mg/kg, Cr: ≤0.02 mg/kg, Cu: ≤0.02 mg/kg, Fe: ≤0.1 mg/kg, K: ≤0.5 mg/kg, Li: ≤0.1 mg/kg, Mg: ≤0.1 mg/kg, Mn: ≤0.02 mg/kg, Mo: ≤0.1 mg/kg, Na: ≤0.5 mg/kg, Ni: ≤0.02 mg/kg, Pb: ≤0.1 mg/kg, Sr: ≤0.1 mg/kg, Zn: ≤0.1 mg/kg

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

Cc1cc(C)nc(C)c1

InChI

1S/C8H11N/c1-6-4-7(2)9-8(3)5-6/h4-5H,1-3H3

InChI key

BWZVCCNYKMEVEX-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

2,4,6-Trimethylpyridine is a heterocyclic aromatic compound that is commonly used in dehydrohalogenation reactions. It is also used as a reaction solvent or chemical additive in organic reactions due to its basic properties.

Application

2,4,6-Trimethylpyridine can be used as a reagent:      
  • In solid-phase peptide synthesis.     
  • To synthesize trichloro(2,4,6-trimethylpyridine) Au(III) complex by reacting with HAuCl4.

Tissue fixative for electron microscopy.

Still not finding the right product?

Explore all of our products under 2,4,6-Trimethylpyridine

pictograms

FlameSkull and crossbones
GHS02,GHS06

signalword

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 3 - Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 3 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

131.0 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

55 °C - closed cup

ppe

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

Regulatory Information

危险化学品

This item has

Choose from one of the most recent versions:

Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Lot/Batch Number
BCCK8709
BCCK3944
BCCM5694
BCCM5693
BCCK8240

Don't see the Right Version?

If you require a particular version, you can look up a specific certificate by the Lot or Batch number.

Search for a COA

Already Own This Product?

Find documentation for the products that you have recently purchased in the Document Library.

Visit the Document Library

Assessing the acid properties of desilicated ZSM-5 by FTIR using CO and 2, 4, 6-trimethylpyridine (collidine) as molecular probes.
Holm MS, et al.
Applied Catalysis A: General, 356(1), 23-30 (2009)
J L Tomsig et al.
Histochemistry, 89(3), 301-306 (1988-01-01)
In previous work of our laboratory it was demonstrated that collidine (2,4,6-trimethylpyridine) abolishes the core osmiophilia and chromaffin reaction from rat pinal gland and vas deferens nerves. This abolition was apparent when tissues were briefly incubated in collidine or when
Leszek Pazderski et al.
Magnetic resonance in chemistry : MRC, 48(6), 417-426 (2010-05-18)
(1)H, (13)C and (15)N NMR studies of gold(III), palladium(II) and platinum(II) chloride complexes with dimethylpyridines (lutidines: 2,3-lutidine, 2,3lut; 2,4-lutidine, 2,4lut; 3,5-lutidine, 3,5lut; 2,6-lutidine, 2,6lut) and 2,4,6-trimethylpyridine (2,4,6-collidine, 2,4,6col) having general formulae [AuLCl(3)], trans-[PdL(2)Cl(2)] and trans-/cis-[PtL(2)Cl(2)] were performed and the respective
View All Related Papers

Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
27690-100ML04061826187630
27690-500ML04061838135193