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Sigma-Aldrich

Dimethyl sulfate

≥99.5%

Synonym(s):

Sulfuric acid dimethyl ester

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Linear Formula:
(CH3O)2SO2
CAS Number:
77-78-1
Molecular Weight:
126.13
Beilstein:
635994
EC Number:
201-058-1
MDL number:
MFCD00008416
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
57654074
NACRES:
NA.21

vapor density

4.3 (vs air)

Quality Level

200

vapor pressure

0.7 mmHg ( 25 °C)

Assay

≥99.5%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

923 °F

refractive index

n20/D 1.386 (lit.)

bp

188 °C (lit.)

mp

−32 °C (lit.)

density

1.333 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

COS(=O)(=O)OC

InChI

1S/C2H6O4S/c1-5-7(3,4)6-2/h1-2H3

InChI key

VAYGXNSJCAHWJZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Dimethyl sulfate may be used along with alumina for preparation of monomethylated derivatives of alcohols, phenols and carboxylic acids. It may also be used in combination with dimethylformamide (DMF) to form methoxy-methylene-N,N-dimethyliminium salt, that can be utilized for the preparation of β-lactams.

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 2 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Carc. 1B - Eye Dam. 1 - Muta. 2 - Skin Corr. 1B - Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class Code

6.1A - Combustible acute toxic Cat. 1 and 2 / very toxic hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

181.4 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

83 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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A new method for sequencing DNA.
Maxam AM and Gilbert W.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 74(2), 560-564 (1977)
Methylation of alcohols, phenols, and carboxylic acids, and selective monomethylation of diols and dicarboxylic acids with dimethyl sulfate by use of alumina.
Ogawa H, et al.
Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 59(8), 2481-2483 (1986)
Chad M Kurylo et al.
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Prevailing dogma holds that ribosomes are uniform in composition and function. Here, we show that nutrient limitation-induced stress in E. coli changes the relative expression of rDNA operons to alter the rRNA composition within the actively translating ribosome pool. The most
DMF-dimethyl sulfate as a new reagent for the synthesis of β-lactams.
Jarrahpour A and Zarei M.
Tetrahedron Letters, 50(14), 1568-1570 (2009)
Ke-wei Zheng et al.
Nucleic acids research, 38(1), 327-338 (2009-10-28)
Large numbers of guanine-rich sequences with potential to form G-quadruplexes have been identified in genomes of various organisms. Such sequences are constrained at both ends by long DNA duplex with a complementary strand in close proximity to compete for duplex
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