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2-Methoxyethanol

contains 50 ppm BHT as stabilizer, ACS reagent, ≥99.3%

Synonym(s):

Ethylene glycol monomethyl ether, Methyl glycol

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Linear Formula:
CH3OCH2CH2OH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
76.09
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1731074
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352112
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.21

grade

ACS reagent

vapor density

2.62 (vs air)

vapor pressure

6.17 mmHg ( 20 °C)

assay

≥99.3%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

548 °F

contains

50 ppm BHT as stabilizer

expl. lim.

24.5 %

impurities

≤0.002 meq/g Titr. acid
≤0.100% water

color

APHA: ≤10

refractive index

n20/D 1.402 (lit.)

pH

5.0-7.0 (25 °C)

bp

124-125 °C (lit.)

mp

−85 °C (lit.)

density

0.965 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

COCCO

InChI

1S/C3H8O2/c1-5-3-2-4/h4H,2-3H2,1H3

InChI key

XNWFRZJHXBZDAG-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Flam. Liq. 3 - Repr. 1B - STOT RE 2 - STOT SE 1

target_organs

Immune system, thymus

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk_germany

WGK 2

flash_point_f

104.0 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

40 °C - closed cup


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Conductometric, viscometric, and spectroscopic investigations on the solvation phenomena of alkali-metal ions and ion pairs in 2-methoxyethanol.
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The Journal of Physical Chemistry, 99(1), 269-273 (1995)
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International journal of pharmaceutics, 357(1-2), 260-271 (2008-03-04)
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Occupational and environmental medicine, 61(8), 697-702 (2004-07-20)
To evaluate the protective effectiveness of gloves from occupational exposure to 2-methoxyethanol (2-ME); and to examine the association of 2-methoxyacetic acid (MAA) in urine and plasma collected simultaneously from low 2-ME exposure and high 2-ME exposure workers in a semiconductor

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