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Sigma-Aldrich

Ethylene glycol butyl ether

99%

Synonym(s):

2-Butoxyethanol, Butyl glycol

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)3OCH2CH2OH
CAS Number:
111-76-2
Molecular Weight:
118.17
Beilstein:
1732511
EC Number:
203-905-0
MDL number:
MFCD00002884
UNSPSC Code:
12352104
PubChem Substance ID:
24847605

vapor density

4.1 (vs air)

vapor pressure

<1 mmHg ( 20 °C)
10 mmHg ( 81 °C)

Assay

99%

autoignition temp.

473 °F

expl. lim.

10.6 %

availability

not available in USA and Canada

refractive index

n20/D 1.419 (lit.)

bp

169-172.5 °C (lit.)

mp

−75 °C (lit.)

density

0.902 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CCCCOCCO

InChI

1S/C6H14O2/c1-2-3-5-8-6-4-7/h7H,2-6H2,1H3

InChI key

POAOYUHQDCAZBD-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Pictograms

Skull and crossbones
GHS06

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H302,H315,H319,H331

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2

Storage Class Code

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

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

152.6 °F - Pensky-Martens closed cup

Flash Point(C)

67 °C - Pensky-Martens closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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06910PV
03723EX
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Prajakta S Palkar et al.
Toxicology and applied pharmacology, 230(3), 338-345 (2008-04-26)
Administration of a low priming dose of 2-butoxyethanol (BE, 500 mg/kg, p.o.) 7 days prior to a larger LD(90) dose (1500 mg BE/kg, p.o.) offers protection against the lethal dose-induced hemolysis and death in female Sprague Dawley rats because of
G Amir et al.
The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery, 49(1), 21-25 (2009-12-26)
Female rats develop haemolytic anaemia and disseminated thrombosis and infarction in multiple organs, including bone, when exposed to 2-butoxyethanol (BE). There is growing evidence that vascular occlusion of the subchondral bone may play a part in some cases of osteoarthritis.
R Rella et al.
Journal of environmental monitoring : JEM, 14(10), 2659-2662 (2012-08-18)
Indoor air quality is important because people are spending an increasing amount of time in the workplace. They are exposed to outdoor pollutants as well as pollutants emitted from products used indoors. Some chemicals, belonging to the category of volatile
Matthew J Traynor et al.
Toxicology letters, 177(3), 151-155 (2008-03-04)
Glycol ethers are widely used in industrial and household applications because their chemical and physical properties make them versatile solvents, miscible with both water and organic media. Due to the ease with which the glycol ethers are absorbed through the
Ryszard Tokarczyk et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1217(44), 6964-6970 (2010-09-22)
A gas chromatography-mass spectrometry isotope dilution (GC-MS ID) method was developed and tested for the determination of 14 common glycol ethers in consumer products. Stable isotope labelled standards, 2-methoxyethanol-D(7) and 2-butoxyethanol-(13)C(2) (CDN isotopes) were employed to enhance the accuracy and
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