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Carbon monoxide

≥99.0%

Synonym(s):

Carbon oxide (CO)

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
CO
CAS Number:
630-08-0
Molecular Weight:
28.01
Beilstein:
3587264
EC Number:
211-128-3
MDL number:
MFCD00011320
UNSPSC Code:
12142100
PubChem Substance ID:
24857760
NACRES:
NA.22

vapor density

0.97 (vs air)

Quality Level

200

Assay

≥99.0%

autoignition temp.

1128 °F

expl. lim.

74 %

bp

−191.5 °C (lit.)

mp

−205 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

[C-]#[O+]

InChI

1S/CO/c1-2

InChI key

UGFAIRIUMAVXCW-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Carbon monoxide is a versatile building block used in carbonylation reactions and to prepare single-walled carbon nanotubes.

Application

Carbon monoxide can be used in the following applications:
  • Transition-metal-catalyzed carbonylation reactions.
  • Insertion of carbon monoxide in metal-carbon bonds during copolymerization reactions.
  • To grow single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNT) via disproportionation reaction catalyzed by molybdenum particles.

Catalytic hydrogenation of carbon monoxide over transition metals catalysts to form hydrocarbons has been reported.

Packaging

Supplied in a carbon steel lecture bottle with a CGA180M/CGA110F needle valve installed.

Compatible with the following:
  • Aldrich® lecture-bottle station systems
  • Aldrich® lecture-bottle gas regulators

Other Notes

See Technical Information Bulletin AL-151 Gas Regulators: Selection, Installation, and Operation

Legal Information

Aldrich is a registered trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC

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Danger

Hazard Statements

H220,H280,H331,H360D,H372

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Flam. Gas 1A - Press. Gas Compr. Gas - Repr. 1A - STOT RE 1 Inhalation

Target Organs

Heart

Storage Class Code

2A - Gases

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Melissa Knauert et al.
Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2013, 360815-360815 (2013-01-01)
Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is a regulated enzyme induced in multiple stress states. Carbon monoxide (CO) is a product of HO catalysis of heme. In many circumstances, CO appears to functionally replace HO-1, and CO is known to have endogenous anti-inflammatory
Saskia Gauthier et al.
The Annals of occupational hygiene, 56(7), 755-763 (2012-08-11)
The installation of wood pellet heating as a cost-effective and climatically neutral source of energy for private households has increased steadily in recent years. We report two deaths that occurred within the space of about a year in wood pellet
Stefan W Ryter et al.
The Korean journal of internal medicine, 28(2), 123-140 (2013-03-26)
Gaseous molecules continue to hold new promise in molecular medicine as experimental and clinical therapeutics. The low molecular weight gas carbon monoxide (CO), and similar gaseous molecules (e.g., H2S, nitric oxide) have been implicated as potential inhalation therapies in inflammatory
Insertion of carbon monoxide and alkenes in palladium-carbon bonds of complexes containing rigid bidentate nitrogen ligands: the first example of isolated complexes in stepwise successive insertion reactions on the way to polyketones.
Asselt V, et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 116, 977-977 (1994)
Giuseppe Lippi et al.
Clinical biochemistry, 45(16-17), 1278-1285 (2012-06-19)
The toxicity of carbon monoxide has been recognized for long throughout history and is unquestionably the leading cause of unintentional poisoning deaths in the Western countries. The severity of poisoning is dependent upon environmental and human factor. The leading pathophysiological
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