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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:
329757985
NACRES:
NA.21
Assay:
≥99%
bp:
169-172.5 °C (lit.)
vapor pressure:
<1 mmHg ( 20 °C)
10 mmHg ( 81 °C)

vapor density

4.1 (vs air)

Quality Level

200

vapor pressure

<1 mmHg ( 20 °C)
10 mmHg ( 81 °C)

Assay

≥99%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

473 °F

expl. lim.

10.6 %

impurities

≤0.10% (water)

refractive index

n20/D 1.419 (lit.)

bp

169-172.5 °C (lit.)

mp

−75 °C (lit.)

solubility

water: soluble

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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General description

Ethylene glycol butyl ether (EGBE) is an ethylene oxide-based glycol ether solvent commonly used in the coatings industry. Its relative evaporation rate with respect to n-butyl acetate has been reported to be 0.07. Its toxicity has been assessed. The effect of EGBE as a thickening solvent during acrylic latex synthesis has been investigated.

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

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Reproductive toxicology. Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether.
Environmental health perspectives, 105 Suppl 1, 217-218 (1997-02-01)
A novel alkali and cosolvent thickening mechanism for latex.
He L, et al.
New. J. Chem., 39(11), 8984-8992 (2015)
R L Smith
Environmental health perspectives, 57, 1-4 (1984-08-01)
Ethylene oxide-based glycol ether and glycol ether ester solvents have been used in the coatings industry for the past fifty years. Because of their excellent performance properties (evaporation rate, blush resistance, flow-out and leveling properties, solubility for coating resins, solvent
Tawny Hung et al.
Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.), 48(6), 569-571 (2010-06-22)
2-butoxyethanol (2BE) is a solvent commonly incorporated into household and industrial cleaning products. Its ingestion causes rapid central nervous system depression, hypotension, and metabolic acidosis attributable to metabolism of the parent compound to butoxyacetic acid (BAA) by alcohol dehydrogenase. Lactic
Gintautas Korinth et al.
Toxicology letters, 170(2), 97-103 (2007-04-07)
We determined percutaneous absorption kinetics of 2-butoxyethanol (BE) in volunteers using microdialysis. Four male volunteers were dermally exposed twice to 90% and 50% aqueous solutions (v/v) of BE for 4.5h. To determine percutaneous absorption kinetics the concentration of BE was
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