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Sigma-Aldrich

Trifluoroacetic acid

suitable for HPLC, ≥99.0%

Synonym(s):

TFA

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Linear Formula:
CF3COOH
CAS Number:
76-05-1
Molecular Weight:
114.02
Beilstein:
742035
EC Number:
200-929-3
MDL number:
MFCD00004169
UNSPSC Code:
12352106
PubChem Substance ID:
329753348
NACRES:
NA.21

vapor density

3.9 (vs air)

Quality Level

200

vapor pressure

97.5 mmHg ( 20 °C)

Assay

≥99.0%

form

liquid

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
UV/Vis spectroscopy: suitable

impurities

<0.050% water

evapn. residue

<0.005%

refractive index

n20/D 1.3 (lit.)

pH

1 (20 °C, 10 g/L)

bp

72.4 °C (lit.)

mp

−15.4 °C (lit.)

solubility

water: soluble

density

1.489 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.)

λ

H2O reference

UV absorption

λ: 260 nm Amax: 0.9
λ: 270 nm Amax: 0.10
λ: 280 nm Amax: 0.05
λ: 290 nm Amax: 0.04
λ: 300 nm Amax: 0.03
λ: 320 nm Amax: 0.025

application(s)

food and beverages

SMILES string

OC(C(F)(F)F)=O

InChI

1S/C2HF3O2/c3-2(4,5)1(6)7/h(H,6,7)

InChI key

DTQVDTLACAAQTR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Appropriate for trace environmental analysis.
Used as a:
  • Mobile phase component in the estimation of chlorogenic acid and rutin in Rosaceae extracts by HPLC
  • Solvent to extract rabbit plasma, followed by HPLC purification of plasma protein content
  • Mobile phase solvent for separation of amino acids extracted from sediments, prior to HPLC analysis

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Pictograms

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GHS05,GHS07

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H314,H332,H412

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Aquatic Chronic 3 - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1A

Storage Class Code

8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 2

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Kwang Su Kim et al.
ACS applied materials & interfaces, 5(9), 3591-3598 (2013-04-05)
Graphene-based electrochemical impedance sensors have recently received much attention due to their outstanding sensing capability and economic viability. In this study, we present a novel means of constructing an impedance sensing platform via harnessing intrinsic π-stacking interactions between probe protein
Continuous-flow synthesis of the anti-malaria drug artemisinin.
François Lévesque et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 51(7), 1706-1709 (2012-01-18)
Macro- and micromethods for the determination of serum vitamin A using trifluoroacetic acid.
J B Neeld et al.
The Journal of nutrition, 79, 454-462 (1963-04-01)
Guangfa Shi et al.
Organic letters, 17(1), 38-41 (2014-12-18)
Direct trifluoromethylation of arenes using TFA as the trifluoromethylating reagent was achieved with Ag as the catalyst. This reaction not only provides a new protocol for aryl C-H trifluoromethylation, but the generation of CF3· from TFA may prove useful in
Risto Kostiainen et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1216(4), 685-699 (2008-09-19)
The most widely used ionization techniques in liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) are electrospray ionization (ESI), atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) and atmospheric pressure photoionization (APPI). All three provide user friendly coupling of LC to MS. Achieving optimal LC-MS conditions is
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