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Ethyl formate

reagent grade, 97%

Synonym(s):

Formic acid ethyl ester

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Linear Formula:
HCOOC2H5
CAS Number:
109-94-4
Molecular Weight:
74.08
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
24847107
eCl@ss:
39022251
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
EC Number:
203-721-0
MDL number:
MFCD00003294
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
906769

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Product Name

Ethyl formate, reagent grade, 97%

InChI key

WBJINCZRORDGAQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

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

SMILES string

CCOC=O

grade

reagent grade

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.)

Quality Level

200

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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.

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.

pictograms

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GHS02,GHS07

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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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Analytical chemistry, 87(5), 2702-2709 (2015-02-11)
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)
Eagleson M.
Concise Encyclopedia Chemistry, 413-413 (1994)
The kinetics of the pyrolysis of ethyl and isopropyl formates and acetates.
Blades AT.
Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 32(4), 366-372 (1954)
Hanjin Im et al.
Bioresource technology, 193, 386-392 (2015-07-06)
This work addresses an unprecedented way of co-producing biodiesel (FAEE) and valuable chemicals of ethyl levulinate (EL), ethyl formate (EF) and diethyl ether (DEE) from wet in situ transesterification of microalgae. EL, EF, and DEE were significantly produced up to
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