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Methyl acrylate

analytical standard

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Linear Formula:
CH2=CHCOOCH3
CAS Number:
96-33-3
Molecular Weight:
86.09
UNSPSC Code:
85151701
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329767338
EC Number:
202-500-6
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
605396
MDL number:
MFCD00008627

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Product Name

Methyl acrylate, analytical standard

InChI key

BAPJBEWLBFYGME-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C4H6O2/c1-3-4(5)6-2/h3H,1H2,2H3

SMILES string

COC(=O)C=C

grade

analytical standard

vapor density

3 (vs air)

vapor pressure

67.5 mmHg ( 20 °C)

assay

≥99.5% (GC)

autoignition temp.

874 °F

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

contains

~0.0015% hydroquinone monomethyl ether as stabilizer

expl. lim.

14.5 %

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

refractive index

n20/D 1.402 (lit.)
n20/D 1.403

bp

80 °C (lit.)

mp

−75 °C (lit.)

density

0.956 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

environmental
petroleum

format

neat

Quality Level

100

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Application

Methyl acrylate can undergo transesterification reaction with 1-butanol under thermal conditions in the presence of hydrochloric acid to yield butyl acrylate as the major product.
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General description

This substance is listed on the positive list of the EU regulation 10/2011 for plastics intended to come into contact with food.

Other Notes

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pictograms

FlameSkull and crossbones
GHS02,GHS06

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 3 - Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - Skin Sens. 1 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

27.0 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

-2.8 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

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BCCK2127
BCCF4354
BCBZ8471
BCBS5876V

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Organic Chemistry (2008)
Cyril Cook et al.
The Journal of organic chemistry, 77(16), 6728-6742 (2012-08-02)
In this article, we disclose the various routes and strategies we had to explore before finally achieving the total synthesis of (-)-exiguolide ((-)-1). Two first types of approaches were set, both relying on the Trost's domino ene-yne coupling/oxa-Michael reaction that
María B Blanco et al.
Environmental science & technology, 44(18), 7031-7036 (2010-08-24)
A product study is reported on the gas-phase reactions of OH radicals and Cl atoms with methyl acrylate. The experiments were performed in a 1080-L quartz-glass chamber in synthetic air at 298 ± 2 K and 760 ± 10 Torr
Boris Neuwald et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(3), 1026-1036 (2012-12-22)
Various phosphinesulfonato ligands and the corresponding palladium complexes [{((P^O)PdMeCl)-μ-M}(n)] ([{((X)1-Cl)-μ-M}(n)], (P^O) = κ(2)-P,O-Ar(2)PC(6)H(4)SO(2)O) with symmetric (Ar = 2-MeOC(6)H(4), 2-CF(3)C(6)H(4), 2,6-(MeO)(2)C(6)H(3), 2,6-(iPrO)(2)C(6)H(3), 2-(2',6'-(MeO)(2)C(6)H(3))C(6)H(4)) and asymmetric substituted phosphorus atoms (Ar(1) = 2,6-(MeO)(2)C(6)H(3), Ar(2) = 2'-(2,6-(MeO)(2)C(6)H(3))C(6)H(4); Ar(1) = 2,6-(MeO)(2)C(6)H(3), Ar(2) = 2-cHexOC(6)H(4)) were
Enqi Jin et al.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 59(5), 1729-1738 (2011-02-10)
Inexpensive and biodegradable thermoplastics were developed through graft polymerization of native chicken feather with methyl acrylate as a potential substitute for petroleum products. Poultry feathers are available in large quantities at a low price. However, natural chicken feathers have poor
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