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Heptane

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ReagentPlus®, 99%

Synonym(s):

Heptyl hydride, n-Heptane

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)5CH3
CAS Number:
142-82-5
Molecular Weight:
100.20
Beilstein:
1730763
EC Number:
205-563-8
MDL number:
MFCD00009544
UNSPSC Code:
12352001
PubChem Substance ID:
329815183
NACRES:
NA.06

vapor density

3.5 (vs air)

Quality Level

100

vapor pressure

40 mmHg ( 20 °C)
83 mmHg ( 37.7 °C)

product line

ReagentPlus®

Assay

99%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

433 °F

expl. lim.

7 %

greener alternative product characteristics

Safer Solvents and Auxiliaries
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refractive index

n20/D 1.387 (lit.)

bp

98 °C (lit.)

mp

−91 °C (lit.)

density

0.684 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

greener alternative category

Aligned,

SMILES string

CCCCCCC

InChI

1S/C7H16/c1-3-5-7-6-4-2/h3-7H2,1-2H3

InChI key

IMNFDUFMRHMDMM-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

We are committed to bringing you Greener Alternative Products, which adhere to one or more of The 12 Principles of Greener Chemistry. Heptane is an environmentally preferable solvent and greener alternative to hexane and thus has been enhanced for "Safer Solvents and Auxiliaries". Click here for more information.

Application

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Features and Benefits

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Packaging

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Other Notes

What is a green solvent? A comprehensive framework for the environmental assessment of solvents
Pure-Pac® II containers require the Micromatic MacroValve coupler for dispensing solvents, Z560723.

Legal Information

ReagentPlus is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Pure-Pac is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H225,H304,H315,H336,H410

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Asp. Tox. 1 - Flam. Liq. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Central nervous system

Storage Class Code

3 - Flammable liquids

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

24.8 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

-4 °C - closed cup

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Arun K Kota et al.
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 24(43), 5838-5843 (2012-08-30)
Hierarchically structured, superoleophobic surfaces are demonstrated that display one of the lowest contact angle hysteresis values ever reported - even with extremely low-surface-tension liquids such as n-heptane. Consequently, these surfaces allow, for the first time, even ≈2 μL n-heptane droplets
S Monadjemi et al.
Environmental science & technology, 45(22), 9582-9589 (2011-09-29)
Photodegradation is seldom considered at the surface of vegetation after crop spraying. Chlorothalonil, a broad-spectrum foliar fungicide with a very widespread use worldwide, was considered. To represent the waxy upper layer of leaves, tests were performed within thin paraffin wax
Gábor Csordás et al.
PloS one, 9(6), e98191-e98191 (2014-06-04)
In recent years, Drosophila melanogaster has become an attractive model organism in which to study the structure and development of the cellular immune components. The emergence of immunological markers greatly accelerated the identification of the immune cells (hemocytes), while the
Thushara Karunasekara et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1218(6), 809-816 (2011-01-07)
Partition coefficients for varied compounds were determined for the organic solvent-propylene carbonate biphasic partition system where the organic solvent is n-heptane, isopentyl ether or 1-octanol. These partition coefficient databases are analyzed using the solvation parameter model facilitating a quantitative comparison
Ross J Ellis et al.
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 20(40), 12796-12807 (2014-08-30)
Combining experiment with theory reveals the role of self-assembly and complexation in metal-ion transfer through the water-oil interface. The coordinating metal salt Eu(NO3)3 was extracted from water into oil by a lipophilic neutral amphiphile. Molecular dynamics simulations were coupled to
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