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Ethylene glycol butyl ether

suitable for HPLC-GC, ≥99.8% (GC)

Synonym(s):

2-Butoxyethanol, Butyl glycol

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)3OCH2CH2OH
CAS Number:
111-76-2
Molecular Weight:
118.17
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1732511
EC Number:
203-905-0
MDL number:
MFCD00002884
UNSPSC Code:
12190000
PubChem Substance ID:
24852083

vapor density

4.1 (vs air)

vapor pressure

<1 mmHg ( 20 °C)
10 mmHg ( 81 °C)

assay

≥99.8% (GC)

autoignition temp.

473 °F

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

expl. lim.

10.6 %

technique(s)

HPLC-GC: suitable

impurities

≤0.05% water

refractive index

n20/D 1.419 (lit.)
n20/D 1.420

bp

169-172.5 °C (lit.)

mp

−75 °C (lit.)

density

0.902 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

λ

1 cm path, H2O reference

UV absorption

λ: 235 nm Amax: 2.0
λ: 265 nm Amax: 0.2
λ: 300 nm Amax: 0.05

suitability

corresponds for HPLC

SMILES string

CCCCOCCO

InChI

1S/C6H14O2/c1-2-3-5-8-6-4-7/h7H,2-6H2,1H3

InChI key

POAOYUHQDCAZBD-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Other Notes

A -D suffix exists for administrative purposes only.
All -D packages are 100% the same product, same quality, same specification as the package sizes previously sold without a -D.

Specially purified solvent suitable for use in co-solvent trapping, a new technique for the gas-chromatographic analysis of aqueous samples[1]

pictograms

Skull and crossbones
GHS06

signalword

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk_germany

WGK 1

flash_point_f

152.6 °F - Pensky-Martens closed cup

flash_point_c

67 °C - Pensky-Martens closed cup

ppe

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

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1462956V
1455308
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K. Grob et al.
Journal of Chromatography A, 473, 411-411 (1989)
Prajakta S Palkar et al.
Toxicology and applied pharmacology, 230(3), 338-345 (2008-04-26)
Administration of a low priming dose of 2-butoxyethanol (BE, 500 mg/kg, p.o.) 7 days prior to a larger LD(90) dose (1500 mg BE/kg, p.o.) offers protection against the lethal dose-induced hemolysis and death in female Sprague Dawley rats because of
G Amir et al.
The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery, 49(1), 21-25 (2009-12-26)
Female rats develop haemolytic anaemia and disseminated thrombosis and infarction in multiple organs, including bone, when exposed to 2-butoxyethanol (BE). There is growing evidence that vascular occlusion of the subchondral bone may play a part in some cases of osteoarthritis.
Ryszard Tokarczyk et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1217(44), 6964-6970 (2010-09-22)
A gas chromatography-mass spectrometry isotope dilution (GC-MS ID) method was developed and tested for the determination of 14 common glycol ethers in consumer products. Stable isotope labelled standards, 2-methoxyethanol-D(7) and 2-butoxyethanol-(13)C(2) (CDN isotopes) were employed to enhance the accuracy and
Matthew J Traynor et al.
Toxicology letters, 177(3), 151-155 (2008-03-04)
Glycol ethers are widely used in industrial and household applications because their chemical and physical properties make them versatile solvents, miscible with both water and organic media. Due to the ease with which the glycol ethers are absorbed through the
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