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Diethylene glycol methyl ether

ReagentPlus®, ≥99.0%

Synonym(s):

2-(2-Methoxyethoxy)ethanol, Methyldiglycol

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Linear Formula:
CH3OCH2CH2OCH2CH2OH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
120.15
Beilstein:
1697812
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352104
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.21

vapor density

4.14 (vs air)

vapor pressure

0.2 mmHg ( 20 °C)

product line

ReagentPlus®

Assay

≥99.0%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

221 °C

expl. lim.

1.38-22.7 %

impurities

≤0.1% (water)

refractive index

n20/D 1.426 (lit.)

bp

194 °C (lit.)

mp

−70 °C (lit.)

density

1.023 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

COCCOCCO

InChI

1S/C5H12O3/c1-7-4-5-8-3-2-6/h6H,2-5H2,1H3

InChI key

SBASXUCJHJRPEV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Diethylene glycol methyl ether is an organic compound that is commonly used as an industrial solvent. It is used as a potential solvent for the separation of aromatic-paraffinic compounds.

Application


  • Composition-explicit distillation curves of diesel fuel with glycol ether and glycol ester oxygenates: fuel analysis metrology to enable decreased particulate emissions.: Investigates the incorporation of diethylene glycol methyl ether into diesel fuels to reduce particulate emissions. This research is vital for environmental science, focusing on improving air quality and reducing the ecological impact of diesel engines (Smith BL et al., 2008).

Legal Information

Product of Dow Chemical.
ReagentPlus is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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Danger

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Repr. 1B

Storage Class Code

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

188.6 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

87 °C - closed cup


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T Kawamoto et al.
Toxicology, 76(1), 49-57 (1992-11-22)
In this paper, we determined whether ethylene glycol monomethyl ether (EGME) and diethylene glycol monomethyl ether (diEGME) induce hepatic gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase activity. Male adult Wistar rats weighing 220 g were used as experimental animals. EGME (100, 300 mg/kg per day)
M Ihsan Karaman et al.
Journal of pediatric surgery, 37(8), E23-E23 (2002-08-01)
Retrocaval ureter is a very rare condition. In light of the experimental studies, one of the etiologic factors seems to be maternal contact with diethylene glycol monomethyl ether or ethylene glycol monomethyl ether. A case of cardiovascular, skeletal, and retrocaval
G Johanson
Toxicology letters, 43(1-3), 5-21 (1988-10-01)
Glycol ethers are frequently used as solvents, detergents, and emulsifiers alone or as components in industrial and consumer products. The monomethyl and monoethyl ethers of ethylene glycol, and their acetate esters, are teratogenic and embryotoxic and cause testicular damage in
T Yamano et al.
Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology, 24(2), 228-235 (1993-02-01)
The effects of oral treatment of Wistar rats with diethylene glycol monomethyl ether (diEGME) were examined. In a preliminary dose-finding study with non-pregnant rats, diEGME treatment at doses up to 4,000 mg/kg/day on 11 consecutive days decreased relative weights of
Boika Tsvetkova et al.
Acta pharmaceutica (Zagreb, Croatia), 56(2), 251-257 (2006-04-15)
The kinetics of esterification of 7-theophyllineacetic acid with diethylene glycol monomethyl ether in the presence of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide and 4-dimethylaminopyridine as catalyst was studied. According to the known mechanism, besides the main process, the side-reaction of intramolecular rearrangement with formation of

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