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Octyl isocyanate

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)7NCO
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
155.24
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

Assay

97%

form

liquid

refractive index

n20/D 1.432 (lit.)

bp

200-204 °C (lit.)

density

0.88 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CCCCCCCCN=C=O

InChI

1S/C9H17NO/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-10-9-11/h2-8H2,1H3

InChI key

DYQFCTCUULUMTQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Octyl isocyanate was reported to inactivate serine proteinase, chymotrypsin.

Application

Octyl isocyanate was used to suppress side reactions such as backbiting or chain transfer reaction during polymerization reactions. It was also used in the synthesis of:
  • low molar mass organogelator containing 2-(2′-hydroxyphenyl)benzoxazole (HPB) unit with long alkyl chain
  • N-octylurea
  • N-cyclopropyl-N′-octylurea

Pictograms

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Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Resp. Sens. 1 - Skin Irrit. 2 - Skin Sens. 1 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

159.8 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

71 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Tae Hyeon Kim et al.
Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology, 10(10), 6929-6933 (2010-12-09)
A low molar mass organogelator 1 containing 2-(2'-hydroxyphenyl)benzoxazole (HPB) unit with long alkyl chain was synthesized by the reaction with HPB and octyl isocyanate in THF at room temperature. A new chelate-based organogelator 1-Zn(II) was prepared with the reaction of
W E Brown et al.
Science (New York, N.Y.), 174(4009), 608-610 (1971-11-05)
Alkyl isocyanates react specifically with the two serine proteinases, chymotrypsin and elastase, to yield inactive enzyme derivatives containing 1 male of reagent per mole of enzyme. Octyl isocyanate inactivates chymotrypsin only, while butyl isocyanate inactivates both enzymes but shows greater
Anionic polymerization of isocyanates with optical functionalities.
Shin YD, et al.
Polymer, 42(19), 7979-7985 (2001)
C Morisseau et al.
Chemical research in toxicology, 14(4), 409-415 (2001-04-17)
The microsomal epoxide hydrolase (mEH) plays a significant role in the metabolism of xenobiotics such as polyaromatic toxicants. Additionally, polymorphism studies have underlined a potential role of this enzyme in relation to several diseases, such as emphysema, spontaneous abortion, and
Isocyanate binding to yeast glutathione reductase measured by fluorescence spectroscopy.
K J Baylor et al.
Biochemical Society transactions, 25(1), 47S-47S (1997-02-01)

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