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S9640

Sodium tetraborate decahydrate

ACS reagent, ≥99.5%

Synonym(s):

Borax decahydrate, Sodium borate decahydrate

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Linear Formula:
Na2B4O7 · 10H2O
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
381.37
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
EC Number:
215-540-4
MDL number:
Assay:
≥99.5%
Grade:
ACS reagent
Form:
powder or crystals
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grade

ACS reagent

Quality Level

agency

suitable for SM 4500 - NH3

vapor pressure

0.213 hPa ( 20 °C)

assay

≥99.5%

form

powder or crystals

impurities

≤0.005% Insoluble matter

pH

9.15-9.20 (25 °C, 0.01 M in solution)

density

1.73 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

anion traces

chloride (Cl-): ≤0.001%, phosphate (PO43-): ≤0.001%, sulfate (SO42-): ≤0.005%

cation traces

Ca: ≤0.005%, Fe: ≤5 ppm, heavy metals (as Pb): ≤0.001%

SMILES string

O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.[Na+].[Na+].[O-]B1Ob2ob([O-])ob(O1)o2

InChI

1S/B4O7.2Na.10H2O/c5-1-7-3-9-2(6)10-4(8-1)11-3;;;;;;;;;;;;/h;;;10*1H2/q-2;2*+1;;;;;;;;;;

InChI key

CDMADVZSLOHIFP-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Sodium tetraborate decahydrate is a naturally occurring material used as a catalyst or additive for many organic transformations such as Nef reaction, Knoevenagel condensation, substitution, addition, selective methylation of vicinal diols, and desilylation of trimethylsilyl alkynones.

Application

Sodium tetraborate decahydrate can be used as a catalyst in the:
  • Regioselective thiolysis of 1,2-epoxides by using thiols to synthesize β-hydroxy sulfides.
  • Hetero-Michael addition of thiols with electron-deficient olefins to synthesize corresponding β-adducts.
  • Solvent-free Biginelli reaction to synthesize 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones.
It can also be used as an additive to prepare polypyrrole-borax composites with high dielectric properties.

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Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Repr. 1B

Storage Class

6.1D - Non-combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic hazardous materials or hazardous materials causing chronic effects

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable



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SKUGTIN
S9640-500G04061835349784
S9640-2.5KG04061835349760
S9640-4X2.5KG04061836961619
S9640-25G04061835349777