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Carbon monoxide
≥99.0%
Synonym(s):
Carbon oxide (CO)
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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
CO
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
28.01
Beilstein:
3587264
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12142100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22
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vapor density
0.97 (vs air)
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:
Catalytic hydrogenation of carbon monoxide over transition metals catalysts to form hydrocarbons has been reported.
- 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:
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
Precautionary Statements
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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Michael J Y Lee et al.
Journal of molecular biology, 426(9), 1936-1946 (2014-02-25)
Bacterial pathogens require iron for proliferation and pathogenesis. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a prevalent Gram-negative opportunistic human pathogen that takes advantage of immunocompromised hosts and encodes a number of proteins for uptake and utilization of iron. Here we report the crystal
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)
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