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Methyl DL-lactate

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≥97.0% (GC)

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Linear Formula:
CH3CH(OH)COOCH3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
104.10
Beilstein:
1720586
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

Quality Level

Assay

≥97.0% (GC)

form

liquid

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refractive index

n20/D 1.413

density

1.093 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.)

functional group

ester

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SMILES string

COC(=O)C(C)O

InChI

1S/C4H8O3/c1-3(5)4(6)7-2/h3,5H,1-2H3

InChI key

LPEKGGXMPWTOCB-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

We are committed to bringing you Greener Alternative Products, which adhere to one or more of The 12 Principles of Green Chemistry.This compound has benign qualities and is biodegradable, water miscible, and functions as a versatile solvent for CA membrane preparation. This is also used as an intermediate for the production of other chemicals, polymers, and derivatives. Thus this product has been enhanced for Safer solvents and auxiliaries. Click here for more information.

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Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 3 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

3 - Flammable liquids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

123.8 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

51 °C - closed cup

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dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Chirped-pulse and cavity-based Fourier transform microwave spectra of the methyl lactate···ammonia adduct.
Javix Thomas et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 52(16), 4402-4405 (2013-03-16)
A Knüttel et al.
Magnetic resonance in medicine, 9(2), 254-260 (1989-02-01)
An RF and field gradient pulse sequence is presented permitting the single-scan volume-selective spectral editing of the signals of coupled spins. The attribute "single scan" means that the editing of resonance lines is performed in each accumulation or phase cycling
Philipp Zielke et al.
Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP, 8(24), 2826-2830 (2006-06-16)
Raman active symmetric O-H stretching modes are detected and assigned for the first time in isolated methanol, ethanol and methyl lactate trimers, providing insights into cluster structure, vibrational assignments and hydrogen-bond mediated couplings.
Nicole Borho et al.
Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 1(23), 4351-4358 (2003-12-20)
Chiral recognition and subsequent selective self-organisation into hydrogen-bonded n-mers is observed in supersonic methyl lactate expansions. The nu(OH) and nu(C=O)-vibrations are investigated by ragout-jet FTIR-spectroscopy and lead to the assignment of homo- and heterochiral clusters of at least three different
Nicole Borho et al.
Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP, 8(38), 4449-4460 (2006-09-27)
Intermolecular hydrogen bonding competes with an intramolecular hydrogen bond when methanol binds to an alpha-hydroxyester. Disruption of the intramolecular OH...O=C contact in favour of a cooperative OH...OH...O=C sequence is evidenced by FTIR spectroscopy for the addition of methanol to the

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