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Sigma-Aldrich

Ethyl trimethylacetate

99%

Synonym(s):

Ethyl pivalate, Ethyl 2,2-dimethylpropionate

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Linear Formula:
(CH3)3CCOOC2H5
CAS Number:
3938-95-2
Molecular Weight:
130.18
Beilstein:
1747617
EC Number:
223-520-1
MDL number:
MFCD00009129
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24854047
NACRES:
NA.22

Assay

99%

refractive index

n20/D 1.391 (lit.)

bp

118 °C (lit.)

density

0.856 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CCOC(=O)C(C)(C)C

InChI

1S/C7H14O2/c1-5-9-6(8)7(2,3)4/h5H2,1-4H3

InChI key

HHEIMYAXCOIQCJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Ethyl trimethylacetate undergoes condensation with acetophenone catalyzed by phosphazene base to yield β-trimethylsilyloxy ester. NCI(F−) and NCI(NH2−) mass spectra of a series of ethyl trimethylacetates have been studied.

Pictograms

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GHS02

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H225

Hazard Classifications

Flam. Liq. 2

Storage Class Code

3 - Flammable liquids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

59.0 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

15 °C - closed cup

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Fragmentation reactions of some aliphatic esters in the NCl (F-) and NCl (NH2-) mass spectra.
Grutzmacher HF and Grotemeyer B.
Org. Mass Spectrom., 19(3), 135-142 (1984)
Koji Kobayashi et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), (29)(29), 3128-3130 (2006-07-21)
The t-Bu-P4 base was found to be an excellent catalyst for the condensation of trimethylsilylacetate or trimethylacetonitrile with carbonyl compounds to form functionalized alkenes and beta-enaminoesters were also synthesized by the condensation with formanilides.
E Akaho et al.
Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 70(11), 1225-1228 (1981-11-01)
Interactions of phenolic compounds 4-hexylresorcinol and 3,4-dimethylphenol with esters were studied using hexane-ester cosolvent systems by both phase solubility and partitioning methods. The data obtained by the phase solubility method were variable and could not be analyzed by any mathematical
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