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Ethyl acrylate

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

Acrylic acid ethyl ester

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
CH2=CHCOOC2H5
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
100.12
Beilstein:
773866
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
85151701
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

vapor density

3.5 (vs air)

vapor pressure

31 mmHg ( 20 °C)

Assay

≥99.5% (GC)

autoignition temp.

721 °F

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

contains

~0.002% hydroquinone monomethyl ether as stabilizer

expl. lim.

12.1 %

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

refractive index

n20/D 1.406 (lit.)
n20/D 1.406

bp

99 °C (lit.)

mp

−71 °C (lit.)

density

0.921 g/mL at 20 °C
0.918 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
environmental
flavors and fragrances
food and beverages
personal care
petroleum

format

neat

SMILES string

CCOC(=O)C=C

InChI

1S/C5H8O2/c1-3-5(6)7-4-2/h3H,1,4H2,2H3

InChI key

JIGUQPWFLRLWPJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

This substance is listed on the positive list of the EU regulation 10/2011 for plastics intended to come into contact with food.

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Application

Ethyl acrylate can undergo anionic polymerization upon initiation by tetrabutylammonium azide in the presence of alkylaluminum bisphenoxides in toluene to yield azide-end poly(ethyl acrylate) (PEA).
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Pictograms

FlameSkull and crossbones

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 3 - Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - Skin Sens. 1 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

3 - Flammable liquids

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

48.2 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

9 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Anionic polymerization of ethyl acrylate initiated by tetrabutylammonium azide: direct synthesis of end-clickable polyacrylate
Kataoka Y, et al.
Polym. Chem. (2017)
Marilene S Oliveira et al.
Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology, 10(10), 1546-1555 (2011-07-08)
Singlet molecular oxygen O(2)((1)Δ(g)) is a potent oxidant that can react with different biomolecules, including DNA, lipids and proteins. Many polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons have been studied as O(2)((1)Δ(g)) chemical traps. Nevertheless, a suitable modification in the polycyclic aromatic ring must
Jiaan Shao et al.
Organic letters, 14(21), 5452-5455 (2012-10-26)
Palladium-catalyzed C-H functionalization using guanidine as the directing group was achieved under mild reaction conditions. Various guanidine derivatives were produced in moderate to good yields by using simple unactivated arenes or ethyl acrylate as the source of arylation or olefination
J C O Villanova et al.
European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics : official journal of Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Pharmazeutische Verfahrenstechnik e.V, 79(3), 664-673 (2011-09-29)
The design of new excipients that extend the release of drugs from tablets over prolonged periods is essential in reaching enhanced therapeutic performances. In this sense, the objective of this study was to develop new excipients, based on acrylic monomers
M Shahjahan Kabir et al.
The Journal of organic chemistry, 77(1), 300-310 (2011-11-15)
The stereospecific synthesis of aryloxy and amino substituted E- and Z-ethyl-3-acrylates is of interest because of their potential in the polymer industry and in medicinal chemistry. During work on a copper-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of ethyl (E)- and (Z)-3-iodoacrylates with phenols

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