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D97754

Diethyl malonate

ReagentPlus®, 99%

Synonym(s):

Malonic acid diethyl ester

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
CH2(COOC2H5)2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
160.17
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
203-305-9
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
774687
MDL number:
Assay:
99%
Form:
liquid
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vapor density

5.52 (vs air)

Quality Segment

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 40 °C)

product line

ReagentPlus®

assay

99%

form

liquid

refractive index

n20/D 1.413 (lit.)

bp

199 °C (lit.)

mp

−51-−50 °C (lit.)

density

1.055 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CCOC(=O)CC(=O)OCC

InChI

1S/C7H12O4/c1-3-10-6(8)5-7(9)11-4-2/h3-5H2,1-2H3

InChI key

IYXGSMUGOJNHAZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Diethyl malonate is diethyl ester of malonic acid. It is widely used as a versatile building block for introducing the malonate functional group into molecules. Acylation of diethyl malonate using magnesium chloride and triethylamine is reported. K2CO3-catalyzed 1,4-addition reaction of diethyl malonate with various substituted 1,2-allenic ketones yields polyfunctionalized β,γ-unsaturated enones.

Application

Diethyl malonate was used to investigate Knoevenagel condensation reactions in microreactor using zeolite catalysts obtained by grafting amino groups onto NaX and CsNaX zeolites. It may be used in the synthesis of diethyl benzylidenemalonate by base catalyzed Knoevenagel condensation with benzaldehyde. It may be used in the synthesis of α-aryl malonates.

Packaging

Packaged in glass bottles

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Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

199.4 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

93 °C - closed cup

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