V800018

Acetic acid

suitable for HPLC, ≥99.8%

• Synonym(s): Glacial acetic acid
• Linear Formula: CH₃CO₂H
• CAS Number: 64-19-7
• Molecular Weight: 60.05
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number: 506007
• EC Number: 200-580-7
• MDL number: MFCD00036152
• UNSPSC Code: 12352300
• PubChem Substance ID: 329829081

Properties

• vapor density: 2.07 (vs air)
• product line: Vetec^™
• assay: ≥99.8%
• form: liquid
• autoignition temp.: 800 °F
• expl. lim.: 16 %, 92 °F; 4 %, 59 °F
• technique(s): HPLC: suitable
• refractive index: n20/D 1.371 (lit.)
• pH: 2.5 (20 °C, 50 g/L)
• bp: 117-118 °C (lit.)
• mp: 16.2 °C (lit.)
• density: 1.04 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
• SMILES string: [F2C(F2C)13F3C]C(O)=O
• InChI: 1S/C2H4O2/c1-2(3)4/h1H3,(H,3,4)
• InChI key: QTBSBXVTEAMEQO-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

Acetic acid is an organic acid mainly used as a preservative, acidulating agent and flavoring agent. It is one of the main volatile constituents of vinegar and pyroligneous acid. Acetic acid is used as a flavoring agent in ice-creams, nonalcoholic beverages and baked goods. It is also used as a chemical reagent for the synthesis of vinyl acetate monomer, cellulose acetate, acetic anhydride, acetate ester, and terephthalic acid.

Application

Acetic acid can be used as a mobile phase additive to improve the separation and resolution of the bioactive compounds on the C18 column in reverse phase HPLC. It is also used as an analytical reference standard in chromatographic applications.

Legal Information

Vetec is a trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS02,GHS05
• signalword: Danger
• hcodes: H226,H314
• pcodes: P210 - P233 - P240 - P280 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P305 + P351 + P338
• Hazard Classifications: Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Liq. 3 - Skin Corr. 1A
• Storage Class: 3 - Flammable liquids
• wgk_germany: WGK 1
• flash_point_f: 102.2 °F - closed cup
• flash_point_c: 39 °C - closed cup