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Methoxyperfluorobutane

99%, mixture of n- and iso-butyl isomers

Synonym(s):

Nonafluorobutyl methyl ether, HFE-7100, Methoxynonafluorobutane, Methoxyperfluorobutane, Nonafluoromethoxybutane

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Linear Formula:
CH3OCF2R, R = -CF2CF2CF3 or -CF(CF3)2
CAS Number:
163702-07-6
Molecular Weight:
250.06
Beilstein:
8768491
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24870162
NACRES:
NA.22

Quality Level

100

Assay

99%

refractive index

n20/D 1.3 (lit.)

bp

60 °C (lit.)

mp

−135 °C (lit.)

density

1.52 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

COC(F)(F)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)F.COC(F)(F)C(F)(C(F)(F)F)C(F)(F)F

InChI

1S/2C5H3F9O/c1-15-5(13,14)3(8,9)2(6,7)4(10,11)12;1-15-5(13,14)2(6,3(7,8)9)4(10,11)12/h2*1H3

InChI key

OKIYQFLILPKULA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Methoxyperfluorobutane can be used as a solvent:
  • In the synthesis of various aryl fluoride derivatives via electrophilic fluorination of aryl and heteroaryl Grignard reagents.
  • In grafting of fluorinated diblock copolymers onto silica particles.

Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Efficient synthesis of aryl fluorides.
Pazhamalai Anbarasan et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 49(12), 2219-2222 (2009-12-17)
Howard C Knachel et al.
Magnetic resonance in chemistry : MRC, 51(7), 407-413 (2013-05-25)
The 3M Company product Novec™ 71IPA DL, a mixture of methoxyperfluorobutane, methoxyperfluoroisobutane and 4.5 wt.% isopropyl alcohol, has been found to be very stable at ambient temperature, producing fluoride at the rate of ~1 ppm/year. Our earlier kinetic and theoretical studies have
Alfonso Bentolila et al.
Forensic science international, 278, 374-378 (2017-08-15)
Working in crime scenes presents a challenge to the forensic scientist, as some surfaces, such as floors and walls, cannot be transferred to the lab for further development and must, therefore, be processed at the crime scene itself. Two main
Coating of silica particles by fluorinated diblock copolymers and use of the resultant silica for superamphiphobic surfaces
Grozea CM, et al.
Polymer, 64(12), 153-162 (2015)
Li-Hsin Han et al.
Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 26(9), 6108-6110 (2010-03-31)
Three-dimensional organic microfabrication, an emerging technology, faces the challenge of lacking a sacrificial agent (SA) to temporarily support the formation of microscale geometries, which can be removed after a microstructure is constructed. In this study, an ultradense oil-in-organofluorine colloidal emulsion
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