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Potassium acetate

ACS reagent, ≥99.0%

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Linear Formula:
CH3COOK
CAS Number:
127-08-2
Molecular Weight:
98.14
Beilstein:
3595449
EC Number:
204-822-2
MDL number:
MFCD00012458
UNSPSC Code:
12352106
PubChem Substance ID:
329752436
NACRES:
NA.21

grade

ACS reagent

vapor pressure

<0.0000001 hPa ( 25 °C)

Assay

≥99.0%

form

powder or crystals

impurities

≤0.005% insolubles

pH

6.5-9.0 (25 °C, 5%)

solubility

water: soluble 98.2 g/L at 20 °C

density

1.57 g/cm3 at 25 °C (lit.)

anion traces

chloride (Cl-): ≤0.003%
phosphate (PO43-): ≤0.001%
sulfate (SO42-): ≤0.002%

cation traces

Ca: ≤0.005%
Fe: ≤5 ppm
Mg: ≤0.002%
Na: ≤0.03%
heavy metals: ≤5 ppm (as Pb)

suitability

complies for IR spectroscopy

SMILES string

[K+].CC([O-])=O

InChI

1S/C2H4O2.K/c1-2(3)4;/h1H3,(H,3,4);/q;+1/p-1

InChI key

SCVFZCLFOSHCOH-UHFFFAOYSA-M

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General description

Potassium acetate is a hygroscopic material used as a base in organic synthesis. It can also be used as a buffer and neutralizing agent.

Application

Potassium acetate can be used:
  • As a catalyst in the glycolysis of rigid polyurethane (PU) using DEG (diethylene glycol) as a solvent.
  • As a nucleophilic catalyst for addition and polymerization reaction.
  • As a nucleophilic catalyst in the regioselective reaction of epoxides with S-phenyl thioesters.
  • As a promoter/base in transition metal-catalyzed reactions.
  • As a source of methyl radical in photo-decarboxylative nucleophilic additions to phthalimides and source of potassium ion for templating reactions.

Potassium acetate can also be used as a base:
  • In the Lossen rearrangement of hydroxamic acid.
  • In the E2 elimination′s reaction.
  • In the fragmentation of α,α-dichloroketoesters and deprotonation of alcohols.

Other Notes

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Storage Class Code

13 - Non Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Steady-state and time-resolved emission techniques were employed to study the effect of acetate, a mild base, on the luminescence of curcumin in methanol and ethanol. We found that the steady-state emission intensity as well as the average fluorescence decay time
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