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Ethylene glycol butyl ether

SAJ first grade, ≥99.0%

Synonym(s):

2-Butoxyethanol, Butyl glycol

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)3OCH2CH2OH
CAS Number:
111-76-2
Molecular Weight:
118.17
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1732511
EC Number:
203-905-0
MDL number:
MFCD00002884
UNSPSC Code:
12352104
PubChem Substance ID:
329748713

grade

SAJ first grade

vapor density

4.1 (vs air)

vapor pressure

<1 mmHg ( 20 °C)
10 mmHg ( 81 °C)

assay

≥99.0%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

473 °F

expl. lim.

10.6 %

availability

available only in Japan

refractive index

n20/D 1.419 (lit.)

bp

169-172.5 °C (lit.)

mp

−75 °C (lit.)

density

0.902 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CCCCOCCO

InChI

1S/C6H14O2/c1-2-3-5-8-6-4-7/h7H,2-6H2,1H3

InChI key

POAOYUHQDCAZBD-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk_germany

WGK 1

flash_point_f

152.6 °F - Pensky-Martens closed cup

flash_point_c

67 °C - Pensky-Martens closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

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Prajakta S Palkar et al.
Toxicology and applied pharmacology, 230(3), 338-345 (2008-04-26)
Administration of a low priming dose of 2-butoxyethanol (BE, 500 mg/kg, p.o.) 7 days prior to a larger LD(90) dose (1500 mg BE/kg, p.o.) offers protection against the lethal dose-induced hemolysis and death in female Sprague Dawley rats because of
R Rella et al.
Journal of environmental monitoring : JEM, 14(10), 2659-2662 (2012-08-18)
Indoor air quality is important because people are spending an increasing amount of time in the workplace. They are exposed to outdoor pollutants as well as pollutants emitted from products used indoors. Some chemicals, belonging to the category of volatile
G Amir et al.
The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery, 49(1), 21-25 (2009-12-26)
Female rats develop haemolytic anaemia and disseminated thrombosis and infarction in multiple organs, including bone, when exposed to 2-butoxyethanol (BE). There is growing evidence that vascular occlusion of the subchondral bone may play a part in some cases of osteoarthritis.
Ryszard Tokarczyk et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1217(44), 6964-6970 (2010-09-22)
A gas chromatography-mass spectrometry isotope dilution (GC-MS ID) method was developed and tested for the determination of 14 common glycol ethers in consumer products. Stable isotope labelled standards, 2-methoxyethanol-D(7) and 2-butoxyethanol-(13)C(2) (CDN isotopes) were employed to enhance the accuracy and
Ilona Sperlingová et al.
Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 397(2), 433-438 (2009-10-02)
Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether (EGBE), an industrial solvent, is absorbed by the body not only by inhalation but also by dermal absorption (liquid or vapour). EGBE is metabolized to butoxyacetic acid (BAA). Pooled freeze-dried urine candidate reference material (RM) was
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