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32319

Sodium acetate

puriss. p.a., ACS reagent, reag. Ph. Eur., anhydrous

Synonym(s):

Acetic acid sodium salt

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Linear Formula:
CH3COONa
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
82.03
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
204-823-8
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3595639
MDL number:
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Quality Segment

agency

reag. Ph. Eur.

grade

ACS reagent, puriss. p.a.

assay

≥99.0% (perchloric acid titration)

form

solid

autoignition temp.

1112 °F

impurities

≤0.01% in water soluble matter

loss

≤1% loss on drying, 120 °C

pH

7.5-9.2 (20 °C, 5%)

pKa 

4.76 (acetic acid)

mp

>300 °C (dec.) (lit.)

anion traces

chloride (Cl-): ≤0.002%, phosphate (PO43-): ≤0.001%, sulfate (SO42-): ≤0.003%

cation traces

Al: ≤10 mg/kg, Ca: ≤0.005%, Cd: ≤5 mg/kg, Cu: ≤5 mg/kg, Fe: ≤0.001%, K: ≤200 mg/kg, Mg: ≤0.002%, Pb: ≤5 mg/kg, Zn: ≤5 mg/kg, heavy metals: ≤0.001% (by ICP-OES)

suitability

in accordance for appearance of solution

SMILES string

[Na+].CC([O-])=O

InChI

1S/C2H4O2.Na/c1-2(3)4;/h1H3,(H,3,4);/q;+1/p-1

InChI key

VMHLLURERBWHNL-UHFFFAOYSA-M

Application

Sodium acetate can be used as a catalyst to synthesize:
  • 1,2-Dihydropyridines by reacting 3-formylchromones, N-nucleophiles, and active methylene molecules.
  • 2(3H)-Furanone derivatives by using cinnamaldehyde and 5-aryl-2(3H) furanone.


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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable



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