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Amberlyst® 15 Ion Exchange Resin

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hydrogen form, >50 mesh, dry

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CAS Number:
39389-20-3
UNSPSC Code:
23151817
NACRES:
NB.21
MDL number:
MFCD00145841

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Product Name

Amberlyst® 15 hydrogen form, dry

SMILES string

[S](=O)(=O)(O)c2c(cccc2)C=C.c1(c(cccc1)C=C)C=C

InChI

1S/C10H10.C8H8O3S/c1-3-9-7-5-6-8-10(9)4-2;1-2-7-5-3-4-6-8(7)12(9,10)11/h3-8H,1-2H2;2-6H,1H2,(H,9,10,11)

InChI key

SIWVGXQOXWGJCI-UHFFFAOYSA-N

vapor pressure

17 mmHg ( 20 °C)

form

beads

quality

dry

Quality Level

200

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parameter

120 °C max. temp.

moisture

≤1.6%

technique(s)

LPLC: suitable

matrix

styrene-divinylbenzene (macroreticular)

matrix active group

sulfonic acid functional group

particle size

<300 μm

operating pH

0-14

capacity

1.7 meq/mL by wetted bed volume
 4.7 meq/g by dry weight

greener alternative category

Aligned

separation technique

cation exchange

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Application

Amberlite™ 15 may be used as column packing material for HPLC analysis. Amberlite™ 15 hydrogen form may be used in separation media for TLC, paper and LPL chromatography.
Strongly acidic cation exchange resin used as a heterogeneous acid catalysis; suitable for non-aqueous catalysis.
Strongly acidic, macroreticular resin with sulfonic acid functionality which is suitable for non-aqueous catalysis.

Features and Benefits

Swelling (dry to solvent saturated, %):
hexane 10-15; toluene 10-15; ethylene dichloride 15-20; ethylene acetate 30-40; 95% ethylene alcohol 60-70; water 60-70.
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General description

It is a macro reticular polystyrene based ion exchange resin with strongly acidic sulfonic group. It serves as an excellent source of strong acid. It can also be used several times. Amberlyst 15 is a heat sensitive macro-porous sulfonic ion exchange acid resin which could be used as a catalyst.

Legal Information

Amberlite is a trademark of DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
Amberlyst is a registered trademark of The Dow Chemical Company or an affiliated company of Dow

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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BCCM0502
BCCL3069
BCCJ9280
BCCK4072
BCCK2123

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Determination of adsorption and kinetic parameters for methyl acetate esterification and hydrolysis reaction catalyzed by Amberlyst 15
Yu, Weifang, K. Hidajat, and Ajay K. Ray
Applied Catalysis A: General, 260, 191-205 (2004)

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