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Nitroethane

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Linear Formula:
CH3CH2NO2
CAS Number:
79-24-3
Molecular Weight:
75.07
Beilstein:
1209324
EC Number:
201-188-9
MDL number:
MFCD00007404
UNSPSC Code:
12352102
PubChem Substance ID:
329752345
Assay:
99.5%
bp:
114-115 °C (lit.)
vapor pressure:
15.6 mmHg ( 20 °C)

vapor density

2.58 (vs air)

Quality Level

100

vapor pressure

15.6 mmHg ( 20 °C)

product line

ReagentPlus®

Assay

99.5%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

778 °F

expl. lim.

3.4 %

refractive index

n20/D 1.391 (lit.)

bp

114-115 °C (lit.)

mp

−90 °C (lit.)

solubility

acetone: soluble(lit.)
alcohol: soluble(lit.)
water: slightly soluble(lit.)

density

1.045 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CC[N+]([O-])=O

InChI

1S/C2H5NO2/c1-2-3(4)5/h2H2,1H3

InChI key

MCSAJNNLRCFZED-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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ReagentPlus is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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Warning

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 3 - Flam. Liq. 3 - Repr. 2

Storage Class Code

3 - Flammable liquids

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

87.8 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

31 °C - closed cup

Regulatory Information

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易制爆化学品

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Ross C Beier et al.
Journal of environmental science and health. Part. B, Pesticides, food contaminants, and agricultural wastes, 44(6), 613-620 (2010-02-26)
Indole and 3-methylindole (skatole) are odor pollutants in livestock waste, and skatole is a major component of boar taint. Skatole causes pulmonary edema and emphysema in ruminants and causes damage to lung Clara cells in animals and humans. A gas
Base-promoted diastereoselective addition of nitromethane and nitroethane to N-tert-butylsulfinyl imines: synthesis of N-protected α-amino acids and amino ketones.
Garcia-Mu?oz MJ, et al.
Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 25(4), 362-372 (2014)
Hector Gutierrez-Bañuelos et al.
Anaerobe, 13(1), 21-31 (2007-01-09)
Nitroethane inhibits the growth of certain zoonotic pathogens such as Campylobacter and Salmonella spp., foodborne pathogens estimated to cause millions of human infections each year, and enhances the Salmonella- and Escherichia coli-killing effect of an experimental chlorate product being developed
R C Anderson et al.
Bioresource technology, 97(18), 2421-2426 (2005-11-24)
Strategies are sought to reduce economic and environmental costs associated with ruminant methane emissions. The effect of oral nitroethane or 2-nitropropanol administration on ruminal methane-producing activity and volatile fatty acid production was evaluated in mature ewes. Daily administration of 24
Michael Collins et al.
Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM, 24(11), 1653-1658 (2010-05-21)
Previous work in these laboratories and by Butzenlechner et al. and Culp et al. has demonstrated that the delta(2)H isotope value of industrial benzaldehyde produced by the catalytic oxidation of toluene is profoundly positive, usually in the range +300 per
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