06547

Methyl formate

analytical standard

• Synonyma: Formic acid methyl ester
• Lineární vzorec: HCO₂CH₃
• Číslo CAS: 107-31-3
• Molekulová hmotnost: 60.05
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number: 1734623
• EC Number: 203-481-7
• MDL number: MFCD00003291
• UNSPSC Code: 85151701
• PubChem Substance ID: 329748243
• NACRES: NA.24

Vlastnosti

• grade: analytical standard
• Quality Level: 100
• vapor density: 2.1 (vs air)
• assay: ≥99.8% (GC)
• autoignition temp.: 842 °F
• shelf life: limited shelf life, expiry date on the label
• expl. lim.: 23 %
• refractive index: n20/D 1.343 (lit.); n20/D 1.344
• bp: 32-34 °C (lit.)
• mp: −100 °C (lit.)
• density: 0.974 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.)
• application(s): cleaning products; cosmetics; flavors and fragrances; food and beverages; personal care
• format: neat
• SMILES string: [H]C(=O)OC
• InChI: 1S/C2H4O2/c1-4-2-3/h2H,1H3
• Inchi Key: TZIHFWKZFHZASV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Popis

General description

Methyl formate is an ester derivative of formic acid.

Application

Methyl formate may be used as a reference standard for the determination of methyl formate in

• blood and urine by headspace in-tube extraction gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (HS-ITEX-GC−MS)
• Brazilian sugar-cane spirit by high-resolution gas chromatography (HRGC)
• pharmaceutical excipients using HS-GC-MS operating under scan mode and selected ion monitoring (SIM) mode

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Bezpečnostní informace

• pictograms: GHS02,GHS06,GHS08
• signalword: Danger
• hcodes: H224,H301 + H311 + H331,H319,H335,H370
• pcodes: P210 - P233 - P280 - P301 + P310 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P403 + P233
• Hazard Classifications: Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 1 - STOT SE 1 - STOT SE 3
• target_organs: Respiratory system
• Storage Class: 3 - Flammable liquids
• wgk_germany: WGK 2
• flash_point_f: -2.2 °F - closed cup
• flash_point_c: -19 °C - closed cup
• ppe: Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves