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18-Crown-6

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Synonym(s):

1,4,7,10,13,16-Hexaoxacyclooctadecane

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C12H24O6
CAS Number:
17455-13-9
Molecular Weight:
264.32
Beilstein:
1619616
EC Number:
241-473-5
MDL number:
MFCD00005113
UNSPSC Code:
12352005
PubChem Substance ID:
24851233
NACRES:
NA.22
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Quality Level

200

Assay

99%

form

solid

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Catalysis
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42-45 °C (lit.)

functional group

ether

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SMILES string

O1CCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCC1

InChI

1S/C12H24O6/c1-2-14-5-6-16-9-10-18-12-11-17-8-7-15-4-3-13-1/h1-12H2

InChI key

XEZNGIUYQVAUSS-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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18-Crown-6 is the simplest crown ether that can be prepared by reacting triethylene glycol with triethylene glycol dichloride in the presence of potassium hydroxide as base.[1]

Application

18-Crown-6 may be used to catalyze the N-alkylation of heterocyclic compounds[2] and allylation of functionalized aldehydes.[3]
Additive for greener etherification using KF-alumina.
Additive for greener etherification using KF-alumina.

Synthesis of diaryl ethers, diaryl thioethers, and diarylamines mediated by potassium fluoride-alumina and 18-crown-6
Can be useful as phase-transfer catalysts.
Phase-transfer catalyst used in a chemoselective reduction of fused tetrazoles with NaBH4 and potassium hydroxide.[4]

Other Notes

Macrocyclic polyethers with repeating (-CH2CH2O) units. The compounds are ionophoric (form stable complexes with cations).

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GHS07

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Hazard Statements

H302

Precautionary Statements

P264 - P270 - P301 + P312 - P501

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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0000411401
0000162408
0000377868
0000349836

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Seul-A Park et al.
Nature communications, 10(1), 2601-2601 (2019-06-15)
Environmental and health concerns force the search for sustainable super engineering plastics (SEPs) that utilise bio-derived cyclic monomers, e.g. isosorbide instead of restricted petrochemicals. However, previously reported bio-derived thermosets or thermoplastics rarely offer thermal/mechanical properties, scalability, or recycling that match
Preparation and purification of 18-crown-6 [1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16-hexaoxacyclooctadecane].
Gokel GW, et al.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 39(16), 2445-2446 (1974)
Muyang Ban et al.
Nature communications, 9(1), 3892-3892 (2018-09-27)
Organometal halide perovskites (OHP) are promising materials for low-cost, high-efficiency light-emitting diodes. In films with a distribution of two-dimensional OHP nanosheets and small three-dimensional nanocrystals, an energy funnel can be realized that concentrates the excitations in highly efficient radiative recombination
Synthesis, 3275-3275 (2006)
Phase-transfer alkylation of heterocycles in the presence of 18-crown-6 and potassium tert-butoxide.
Guida WC and Mathre DJ
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 45(16), 3172-3176 (1980)
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