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Magnesium perchlorate

puriss. p.a., drying agent, ACS reagent, ≥98.0% (calc. based on dry substance, KT)

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Linear Formula:
Mg(ClO4)2
CAS Number:
10034-81-8
Molecular Weight:
223.21
EC Number:
233-108-3
MDL number:
MFCD00011102
UNSPSC Code:
12352300
PubChem Substance ID:
329759783
NACRES:
NB.24

grade

ACS reagent
drying agent
puriss. p.a.

Assay

≥98.0% (calc. based on dry substance, KT)

form

powder or chunks

impurities

≤0.005 meq/g free acid (as HClO4)
≤0.025 meq/g free alkali (as MgO)
≤8% water

anion traces

chloride (Cl-): ≤50 mg/kg
nitrate (NO3-): ≤100 mg/kg
sulfate (SO42-): ≤500 mg/kg

cation traces

Ca: ≤500 mg/kg
Cd: ≤5 mg/kg
Co: ≤5 mg/kg
Cr: ≤5 mg/kg
Cu: ≤5 mg/kg
Fe: ≤5 mg/kg
K: ≤500 mg/kg
Mn: ≤5 mg/kg
Na: ≤50 mg/kg
Ni: ≤5 mg/kg
Pb: ≤5 mg/kg
Zn: ≤5 mg/kg

SMILES string

[Mg++].[O-]Cl(=O)(=O)=O.[O-]Cl(=O)(=O)=O

InChI

1S/2ClHO4.Mg/c2*2-1(3,4)5;/h2*(H,2,3,4,5);/q;;+2/p-2

InChI key

MPCRDALPQLDDFX-UHFFFAOYSA-L

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General description

Magnesium perchlorate (Mg(ClO4)2) is widely used as drying agent for gases. It can remove water from gases (with no organic contaminants) at the rate of 0.001mgwater/l.

Application

Magnesium perchlorate (Mg(ClO4)2) may be employed as a catalyst in the following studies:
  • Preparation of α-aminophosphonates.
  • Enantioselective Diels-Alder reaction between cyclopentadiene and 3-acryloyl-1,3-oxazolin-2-one.
  • Preparation of imines and phenylhydrazones.
  • Protection of alcohols in the form of t-butyl ethers.

Pictograms

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GHS03,GHS07

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H272,H315,H319,H335

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Ox. Sol. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

5.1A - Strongly oxidizing hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Eagleson M.
Concise Encyclopedia Chemistry, 343-343 (1994)
Magnesium perchlorate as an efficient catalyst for the synthesis of imines and phenylhydrazones.
Chakraborti AK, et al.
Tetrahedron Letters, 45(41), 7641-7644 (2004)
The first enantioselective synthesis of both Diels-Alder enantiomers with the same bis (oxazoline)-magnesium perchlorate chiral catalyst.
Desimoni G, et al.
Tetrahedron Letters, 37(17), 3027-3030 (1996)
F Javier Céspedes-Guirao et al.
The Journal of organic chemistry, 74(16), 5871-5880 (2009-07-29)
Zinc phthalocyanine-perylenebisimide pentameric arrays, ZnPc(PDI)(4) 1 and 2, have been synthesized. ZnPc(PDI)(4) 1 has no substituents in the PDI bay positions, while ZnPc(PDI)(4) 2 presents four phenoxy groups in the bay positions of each perylene. In both cases, the PDI
Srikant Bhagat et al.
The Journal of organic chemistry, 72(4), 1263-1270 (2007-01-27)
Commercially available magnesium perchlorate is reported as an extremely efficient catalyst for the synthesis of alpha-aminophosphonates. A three-component reaction (3-CR) of an amine, an aldehyde or a ketone, and a di-/trialkyl phosphite (Kabachnik-Fields reaction) took place in one pot under
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