Skip to Content
Merck
All Photos(1)

Key Documents

382655

Sigma-Aldrich

2-Hydroxymethyl-12-crown-4

95%

Synonym(s):

(12-Crown-4)-2-methanol, 1,4,7,10-Tetraoxacyclododecan-2-methanol

Sign Into View Organizational & Contract Pricing


About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C9H18O5
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
206.24
Beilstein:
4661968
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352005
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

Quality Level

Assay

95%

form

liquid

refractive index

n20/D 1.480 (lit.)

bp

115 °C/0.04 mmHg (lit.)

density

1.192 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

OCC1COCCOCCOCCO1

InChI

1S/C9H18O5/c10-7-9-8-13-4-3-11-1-2-12-5-6-14-9/h9-10H,1-8H2

InChI key

NJIPEIQHUNDGPY-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Looking for similar products? Visit Product Comparison Guide

Application

2-Hydroxymethyl-12-crown-4 can be used:
  • To prepare an ester of lasalocid with crown ether to study its complex formation with monovalent cations.
  • To prepare hydrogel adsorbents for potential usage in the recovery of lithium-ions from seawater.
  • As a starting material in the synthesis of metal-free phthalocyanines and metallophthalocyanines.

Pictograms

Exclamation mark

Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

235.4 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

113 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Search for Certificates of Analysis (COA) by entering the products Lot/Batch Number. Lot and Batch Numbers can be found on a product’s label following the words ‘Lot’ or ‘Batch’.

Already Own This Product?

Find documentation for the products that you have recently purchased in the Document Library.

Visit the Document Library

Customers Also Viewed

The synthesis, using microwave irradiation and characterization of novel, organosoluble metal-free and metallophthalocyanines substituted with flexible crown ether moieties
Biyikliouglu Z and Kantekin H
Dyes and Pigments, 80(1), 17-21 (2009)
Hydrogel adsorbents of poly (N-isopropylacrylamide-co-methacryloyloxymethyl-12-crown-4) for Li+ recovery prepared by droplet microfluidics
Kim YS, et al.
Royal Society of Chemistry Advances, 5(14), 10656-10661 (2015)
NMR, FT-IR and ESI-MS study of new lasalocid ester with 2-(hydroxymethyl)-12-crown-4 and its complexes with monovalent cations
Pankiewicz R, et al.
Journal of Molecular Structure, 749(1-3), 128-137 (2005)

Our team of scientists has experience in all areas of research including Life Science, Material Science, Chemical Synthesis, Chromatography, Analytical and many others.

Contact Technical Service