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Methyl acrylate

analytical standard

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Linear Formula:
CH2=CHCOOCH3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
86.09
Beilstein:
605396
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
85151701
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

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

SMILES string

COC(=O)C=C

InChI

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

InChI key

BAPJBEWLBFYGME-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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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.

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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Pictograms

FlameSkull and crossbones

Signal Word

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

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

27.0 °F

Flash Point(C)

-2.8 °C

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

Regulatory Information

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Organic Chemistry (2008)
Transformation of nickelalactones to methyl acrylate: on the way to a catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide.
S Y Tina Lee et al.
ChemSusChem, 4(9), 1275-1279 (2011-09-17)
Nicky Chan et al.
Macromolecular rapid communications, 32(7), 604-609 (2011-03-26)
The use of copper tubing as both the reactor and as a catalyst source is demonstrated for continuous controlled radical polymerization of methyl acrylate at ambient temperature and at low solvent content of 30%. The high surface area provided by
Xin Liu et al.
Journal of hazardous materials, 175(1-3), 1014-1021 (2009-11-27)
Porous acrylonitrile (AN)/methyl acrylate (MA) copolymer beads were prepared by suspended emulsion polymerization. The cyano groups in AN/MA copolymer beads were converted to amidoxime (AO) groups by reaction with hydroxylamine hydrochloride (NH(2)OH.HCl) to remove metal ions in aqueous solution. The
Cláudio G L Junior et al.
Bioorganic chemistry, 38(6), 279-284 (2010-09-22)
Sixteen aromatic Morita-Baylis-Hillman adducts (MBHA) 1-16 were efficiently synthesized in a one step Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction (MBHR) involving commercial aldehydes with methyl acrylate or acrylonitrile (81-100% yields) without the formation of side products on DABCO catalysis and at low temperature (0°C).

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