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(−)-Methyl L-lactate

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98%, optical purity ee: 97% (GLC)

Synonym(s):

Methyl (S)-(−)-lactate

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Linear Formula:
CH3CH(OH)CO2CH3
CAS Number:
27871-49-4
Molecular Weight:
104.10
Beilstein:
1720587
EC Number:
248-704-9
MDL number:
MFCD00064265
UNSPSC Code:
12352108
PubChem Substance ID:
24853796
NACRES:
NA.22
form:
liquid
Assay:
98%

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Quality Level

100

Assay

98%

form

liquid

optical activity

[α]18/D −8.1°, neat

optical purity

ee: 97% (GLC)

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refractive index

n20/D 1.413 (lit.)

bp

144-145 °C (lit.)

density

1.09 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

functional group

ester
hydroxyl

greener alternative category

Aligned,

SMILES string

COC(=O)[C@H](C)O

InChI

1S/C4H8O3/c1-3(5)4(6)7-2/h3,5H,1-2H3/t3-/m0/s1

InChI key

LPEKGGXMPWTOCB-VKHMYHEASA-N

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General description

(-)-Methyl L-lactate can be used as a chiral auxiliary during the synthesis of Bao Gong Teng A, an antiglaucoma compound.[1]
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GHS02,GHS07

Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

H226,H319,H335

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 3 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

3 - Flammable liquids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

120.2 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

49 °C - closed cup

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dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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FSL

Group 4: Flammable liquids
Type 2 petroleums
Hazardous rank III
Water insoluble liquid

JAN Code

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Methyl (S)-lactate as a chiral auxiliary in the asymmetric synthesis of Bao Gong Teng A.
Pham VC and Charlton JL.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 60(24), 8051-8055 (1995)
L A Nafie et al.
Enantiomer, 3(4-5), 283-297 (1998-12-23)
Vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) is the extension of circular dichroism (CD) from electronic to vibrational transitions in molecules. In this review, we present the basic concepts of VCD and focus on its growing strength for stereochemical applications. There are three
Jun-Ho Choi et al.
The Journal of chemical physics, 132(7), 074506-074506 (2010-02-23)
Determining absolute configuration of chiral molecule can be achieved by using vibrational optical activity (VOA) measurement methods, such as vibrational circular dichroism and Raman optical activity (ROA). Recently, vibrationally resonant sum frequency generation and difference frequency generation utilizing circularly polarized
Philipp Zielke et al.
Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP, 8(24), 2826-2830 (2006-06-16)
Raman active symmetric O-H stretching modes are detected and assigned for the first time in isolated methanol, ethanol and methyl lactate trimers, providing insights into cluster structure, vibrational assignments and hydrogen-bond mediated couplings.
Changhua Xu et al.
Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 24(16), 9118-9124 (2008-07-12)
This study reports the development of novel chiral sensors based on the self-assembly of perfunctionalized beta-cyclodextrins (beta-CD) on a quartz crystal microbalance transducer for real time chiral recognition. Ten chiral sensors immobilized with mercaptyl perfunctionalized beta-cyclodextrins were found to exhibit
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