D49504

Dibutyl sebacate

technical grade

• Synonym(s): Decanedioic acid dibutyl ester, Sebacic acid dibutyl ester
• Linear Formula: [-(CH₂)₄CO₂(CH₂)₃CH₃]₂
• CAS Number: 109-43-3
• Molecular Weight: 314.46
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number: 1798308
• EC Number: 203-672-5
• MDL number: MFCD00027218
• UNSPSC Code: 12162002
• PubChem Substance ID: 24893909
• NACRES: NA.23

Properties

• grade: technical grade
• form: liquid
• refractive index: n20/D 1.441 (lit.)
• bp: 178-179 °C/3 mmHg (lit.)
• solubility: hexane, toluene, ethanol and acetone: soluble; water and propylene glycol: insoluble
• density: 0.936 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
• SMILES string: CCCCOC(=O)CCCCCCCCC(=O)OCCCC
• InChI: 1S/C18H34O4/c1-3-5-15-21-17(19)13-11-9-7-8-10-12-14-18(20)22-16-6-4-2/h3-16H2,1-2H3
• InChI key: PYGXAGIECVVIOZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

Dibutyl sebacate(DBS) is a lipophilic dibutyl ester that can be used as a plasticizer with low solubility in water.

Application

DBS can be used as a plasticizer for the formation of ethylcellulose based coating membranes which can be potentially used in drug delivery systems. It may also be used as a plasticizer during the fabrication of electronic artificial tongue sensors for analyzing the intensity of olive oils.

Safety Information

• wgk_germany: WGK 1
• ppe: Eyeshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter