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Methyl salicylate

Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard; Certified Reference Material

Synonym(s):

2-Hydroxybenzoic acid methyl ester, Methyl 2-hydroxybenzoate, Oil of wintergreen, Wintergreen oil

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Linear Formula:
2-(HO)C6H4CO2CH3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
152.15
Beilstein:
971516
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

certified reference material
pharmaceutical secondary standard

Quality Level

Agency

traceable to USP 1537450

vapor density

5.26 (vs air)

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 54 °C)

API family

methyl salicylate

CofA

current certificate can be downloaded

autoignition temp.

847 °F

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

refractive index

n20/D 1.536 (lit.)

bp

222 °C (lit.)

mp

−8-−7 °C (lit.)

density

1.174 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

pharmaceutical (small molecule)

format

neat

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

COC(=O)c1ccccc1O

InChI

1S/C8H8O3/c1-11-8(10)6-4-2-3-5-7(6)9/h2-5,9H,1H3

InChI key

OSWPMRLSEDHDFF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Pharmaceutical secondary standards for application in quality control, provide pharma laboratories and manufacturers with a convenient and cost-effective alternative to the preparation of in-house working standards.
Methyl salicylate is one of the common ingredients present in topical analgesics and rubifacients. It is prescribed for the management of minor muscle aches and pains.

Application

Methyl salicylate may be used as a pharmaceutical reference standard for the determination of the analyte in pharmaceutical formulations by chromatography and voltammetry techniques.
These Secondary Standards are qualified as Certified Reference Materials. These are suitable for use in several analytical applications including but not limited to pharma release testing, pharma method development for qualitative and quantitative analyses, food and beverage quality control testing, and other calibration requirements.

Analysis Note

These secondary standards offer multi-traceability to the USP, EP (PhEur) and BP primary standards, where they are available.

Other Notes

This Certified Reference Material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO 17034 and ISO/IEC 17025. All information regarding the use of this CRM can be found on the certificate of analysis.

Footnote

To see an example of a Certificate of Analysis for this material enter LRAC3556 in the slot below. This is an example certificate only and may not be the lot that you receive.

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Danger

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 3 - Eye Dam. 1 - Repr. 2 - Skin Sens. 1B

Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

204.8 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

96 °C - closed cup


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Optimization and validation of liquid chromatography and headspace-gas chromatography based methods for the quantitative determination of capsaicinoids, salicylic acid, glycol monosalicylate, methyl salicylate, ethyl salicylate, camphor and l-menthol in a topical formulation
Pauwels J, et al.
Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 60(3), 51-58 (2012)
Fourier transform mid-infrared (MIR) and near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy for rapid quality assessment of Chinese medicine preparation Honghua Oil
Wu YW, et al.
Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 46(3), 498-504 (2008)
Determination of salicylic acid in pharmaceutical formulations and foods by differential-pulse voltammetry using a glassy carbon electrode
Fung YS and Luk SF
Analyst, 114(8), 943-945 (1989)
Agata Bartyzel et al.
Analytica chimica acta, 707(1-2), 204-209 (2011-10-27)
N,N'-bis-(α-methylsalicylidene)-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-propanediimine (SBTD) modified silica gel was prepared and used as sorbent for solid phase extraction of Cr(III) ions from aqueous solution. This sorbent showed a high sorption affinity for Cr(III) while recovery of Cr(VI) was very low. The analyte ion
J S Valdez et al.
Journal of chromatography. B, Biomedical sciences and applications, 729(1-2), 163-171 (1999-07-20)
Analytical methods using gas chromatography-flame ionization detection (GC-FID) for the quantitation of camphor and menthol and GC-MS for the quantitation of methyl salicylate have been developed for measurement of low concentrations from human plasma. Anethole serves as the internal standard

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