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Phenyl isothiocyanate

for HPLC derivatization, the detection of alcohols and amines, ≥99.0%

Synonym(s):

PITC

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Linear Formula:
C6H5NCS
CAS Number:
103-72-0
Molecular Weight:
135.19
Beilstein:
471392
EC Number:
203-138-1
MDL number:
MFCD00004798
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
57652756
NACRES:
NA.21

Quality Level

200

Assay

≥99.0%

form

liquid

quality

for HPLC derivatization, the detection of alcohols and amines

refractive index

n20/D 1.649
n20/D 1.6515 (lit.)

bp

218 °C (lit.)

mp

−21 °C (lit.)

solubility

water: insoluble

density

1.13 g/mL at 20 °C
1.132 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.)

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

S=C=Nc1ccccc1

InChI

1S/C7H5NS/c9-6-8-7-4-2-1-3-5-7/h1-5H

InChI key

QKFJKGMPGYROCL-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Phenyl isothiocyanate is an aromatic isothiocyanate. It participates in dehydration reactions of alcohols. It is widely used for synthesis of various biologically important heterocyclic compounds.

Application

Phenyl isothiocyanate may be employed as a derivatization reagent for high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) analysis of various amphetamine derivatives in body fluids.
Derivatizing reagent for primary and secondary amines. Used in sequencing peptides by Edman degradation and in amino acid analyses by HPLC.

Caution

Store under Argon

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Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H301,H314,H317,H334

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Resp. Sens. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B - Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class Code

6.1A - Combustible acute toxic Cat. 1 and 2 / very toxic hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

190.4 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

88 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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One-pot dehydrations using phenyl isothiocyanate.
Majetich G, et al.
Tetrahedron Letters, 56(23), 3326-3329 (2015)
Amin Zolali et al.
Combinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening, 17(7), 610-613 (2014-03-19)
An efficient, one-pot and three-component synthesis of biologically important heterocyclic compounds is described from the reaction of primary amines and phenyl isothiocyanate in the presence of acryloyl chloride at room temperature without the need to use any catalyst.
Determination of phenylisothiocyanate derivatives of amphetamine and its analogues in biological fluids by HPLC-APCI-MS or DAD.
Bogusz MJ, et al.
Journal of Analytical Toxicology, 21(1), 59-69 (1997)
R Gheshlaghi et al.
Analytical biochemistry, 383(1), 93-102 (2008-08-30)
Modified resolution and overall separation factors used to quantify the separation of complex chromatography systems are described. These factors were proven to be applicable to the optimization of amino acid resolution in reverse-phase (RP) HPLC chromatograms. To optimize precolumn derivatization
R Thippeswamy et al.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 54(19), 7014-7019 (2006-09-14)
Two liquid chromatographic methods that involve precolumn derivatization with o-phthaladehyde (OPA) and phenylisothiocyanate (PITC) with fluorescence and diode array UV detection for the determination of theanine have been developed. The chromatographic separations were achieved by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography using
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