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Potassium acetate

ACS reagent, ≥99.0%

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Linear Formula:
CH3COOK
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
98.14
Beilstein:
3595449
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352106
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.21
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grade

ACS reagent

Quality Level

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.

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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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Potassium acetate-catalyzed acetylation of wood: extraordinarily rapid acetylation at 120 C.
Obataya E and Minato K.
Wood Science and Technology, 42(7), 567-577 (2008)
Eagleson M.
Concise Encyclopedia Chemistry, 886-886 (1994)
Carrie Goodson et al.
Eukaryotic cell, 10(12), 1592-1606 (2011-11-01)
Light microscopy and deep-etch electron microscopy were used to visualize triacylglyceride (TAG)-filled lipid bodies (LBs) of the green eukaryotic soil alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a model organism for biodiesel production. Cells growing in nitrogen-replete media contain small cytoplasmic lipid bodies (α-cyto-LBs)
Jay D Gralla et al.
The EMBO journal, 25(7), 1515-1521 (2006-03-17)
Potassium glutamate accumulates upon hyper-osmotic shock and serves as a temporary osmoprotectant. This salt leads to transcriptional activation of sets of genes that allow the cell to achieve long-term adaptation to high osmolarity. The current experiments show that potassium glutamate
Fátima Gebauer et al.
Methods in enzymology, 429, 23-33 (2007-10-05)
Classically, Drosophila cell-free translation systems have been used to study the response of the translational machinery to heat shock treatment. We and others have developed optimized Drosophila embryo and ovary extracts, and their use has expanded to the study of

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  1. what is the content in ppm of residual/ unreacted Acetic acid in Potassium Acetate .

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    1. The amount of residual acetic acid in this material has not been determined.

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    1. Products may be shipped at a different temperature than the recommended long-term storage temperature. If the product quality is sensitive to short-term exposure to conditions other than the recommended long-term storage, it will be shipped on wet or dry-ice. If the product quality is NOT affected by short-term exposure to conditions other than the recommended long-term storage, it will be shipped at ambient temperature. As shipping routes are configured for minimum transit times, shipping at ambient temperature helps control shipping costs for our customers. For more information, please refer to the Storage and Transport Conditions document: https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/deepweb/assets/sigmaaldrich/marketing/global/documents/316/622/storage-transport-conditions-mk.pdf

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