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Decahydronaphthalene, mixture of cis + trans

reagent grade, 98%

Synonym(s):

Decalin™

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C10H18
CAS Number:
91-17-8
Molecular Weight:
138.25
UNSPSC Code:
12352001
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
329798742
EC Number:
202-046-9
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
878165
MDL number:
MFCD00004130
Grade:
reagent grade
Assay:
98%
Bp:
189-191 °C (lit.)
Vapor pressure:
42 mmHg ( 92 °C)
741 mmHg ( 188 °C)

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Product Name

Decahydronaphthalene, mixture of cis + trans, reagent grade, 98%

InChI key

NNBZCPXTIHJBJL-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C10H18/c1-2-6-10-8-4-3-7-9(10)5-1/h9-10H,1-8H2

SMILES string

C1CCC2CCCCC2C1

grade

reagent grade

vapor density

4.76 (vs air)

vapor pressure

42 mmHg ( 92 °C)
741 mmHg ( 188 °C)

assay

98%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

482 °F

expl. lim.

0.7-4.9 %, 100 °F

dilution

(for analytical testing)

refractive index

n20/D 1.474 (lit.)

bp

189-191 °C (lit.)

mp

−125 °C (lit.)

density

0.896 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

Quality Level

100

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Application

Decahydronaphthalene, mixture of cis+ trans can be used as a solvent in the:
  • Distannoxane-catalyzed synthesis of aliphatic polyesters via polycondensation.
  • Intramolecular carbonyl-ene cyclocondensation of oxygenated o-phenylallylbenzaldehydes to synthesize substituted naphthalenes.

General description

Decahydronaphthalene, mixture of cis + trans is a bicyclic organic compound that can be used as an industrial solvent. It can be prepared by the complete catalytic hydrogenation of naphthalene or tetralin.

Legal Information

Decalin is a trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Asp. Tox. 1 - Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Liq. 3 - Skin Corr. 1C

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

134.6 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

57 °C - closed cup

Regulatory Information

危险化学品
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Ken K Qian et al.
Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 100(7), 2801-2815 (2011-02-22)
Spontaneous crystalline-to-amorphous phase transformation of organic or medicinal molecules in the presence of mesoporous materials has been observed, for which pathway was suggested to be via the vapor phase, that is, sublimation of the crystalline molecules followed by adsorption on
Mohit Kumar et al.
Nanoscale, 3(5), 2130-2133 (2011-03-30)
Naphthalene diimide (NDI) bolaamphiphilic molecules (1) self-assemble in water to form organic nanoparticles, which exhibit self-assembly induced preassociated excimer formation and hence an enhanced green fluorescence.
D Kruk et al.
The Journal of chemical physics, 137(4), 044512-044512 (2012-08-03)
(1)H relaxation dispersion of decalin and glycerol solutions of nitroxide radicals, 4-oxo-TEMPO-d(16)-(15)N and 4-oxo-TEMPO-d(16)-(14)N was measured in the frequency range of 10 kHz-20 MHz (for (1)H) using STELAR Field Cycling spectrometer. The purpose of the studies is to reveal how
Joseph B Lim et al.
The journal of physical chemistry. B, 116(1), 203-210 (2011-12-06)
A modification of the CHARMM36 lipid force field (C36) for cholesterol, henceforth, called C36c, is reported. A fused ring compound, decalin, was used to model the steroid section of cholesterol. For decalin, C36 inaccurately predicts the heat of vaporization (~10
Franco Cataldo et al.
Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy, 77(5), 998-1004 (2010-09-25)
Oleum (fuming sulphuric acid), a well known superacid, was used as medium for the generation of the radical cation of a series of selected PAHs. The resulting radical cation spectra were studied by electronic absorption spectroscopy. Not only common PAHs
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