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Methoxyperfluorobutane

99%, mixture of n- and iso-butyl isomers

Synonym(s):

Nonafluorobutyl methyl ether, HFE-7100, Methoxynonafluorobutane, Methoxyperfluorobutane, Nonafluoromethoxybutane

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Linear Formula:
CH3OCF2R, R = -CF2CF2CF3 or -CF(CF3)2
CAS Number:
163702-07-6
Molecular Weight:
250.06
Beilstein:
8768491
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24870162
NACRES:
NA.22

Quality Level

100

Assay

99%

refractive index

n20/D 1.3 (lit.)

bp

60 °C (lit.)

mp

−135 °C (lit.)

density

1.52 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

functional group

ether
fluoro

SMILES string

COC(F)(F)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)F.COC(F)(F)C(F)(C(F)(F)F)C(F)(F)F

InChI

1S/2C5H3F9O/c1-15-5(13,14)3(8,9)2(6,7)4(10,11)12;1-15-5(13,14)2(6,3(7,8)9)4(10,11)12/h2*1H3

InChI key

OKIYQFLILPKULA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Methoxyperfluorobutane can be used as a solvent:
  • In the synthesis of various aryl fluoride derivatives via electrophilic fluorination of aryl and heteroaryl Grignard reagents.
  • In grafting of fluorinated diblock copolymers onto silica particles.

Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Efficient synthesis of aryl fluorides.
Pazhamalai Anbarasan et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 49(12), 2219-2222 (2009-12-17)
Coating of silica particles by fluorinated diblock copolymers and use of the resultant silica for superamphiphobic surfaces
Grozea CM, et al.
Polymer, 64(12), 153-162 (2015)
Li-Hsin Han et al.
Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 26(9), 6108-6110 (2010-03-31)
Three-dimensional organic microfabrication, an emerging technology, faces the challenge of lacking a sacrificial agent (SA) to temporarily support the formation of microscale geometries, which can be removed after a microstructure is constructed. In this study, an ultradense oil-in-organofluorine colloidal emulsion
Howard C Knachel et al.
Magnetic resonance in chemistry : MRC, 51(7), 407-413 (2013-05-25)
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Alfonso Bentolila et al.
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