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Acetic anhydride

99.5%

Synonym(s):

Acetanhydride, Acetic acid anhydride, Acetyl acetate, Acetyl anhydride, Ethanoic anhydride

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
(CH3CO)2O
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
102.09
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
203-564-8
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
385737
MDL number:
Assay:
99.5%

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vapor density

3.5 (vs air)

Quality Segment

vapor pressure

10 mmHg ( 36 °C), 4 mmHg ( 20 °C)

assay

99.5%

autoignition temp.

629 °F

expl. lim.

10.3 %

refractive index

n20/D 1.390 (lit.)

bp

138-140 °C (lit.)

mp

−73 °C (lit.)

solubility

water: slightly soluble

density

1.08 g/mL (lit.)

functional group

anhydride, ester

SMILES string

CC(=O)OC(C)=O

InChI

1S/C4H6O3/c1-3(5)7-4(2)6/h1-2H3

InChI key

WFDIJRYMOXRFFG-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Acetic anhydride is a carboxylic acid anhydride commonly used for the acetylation of amines and alcohols. It undergoes exothermic reaction on addition of water to form acetic acid. The photodecomposition of acetic anhydride has been studied over the temperature range from 60-160°C. The impact of treating pine wood with acetic anhydride has been investigated to evaluate the toughness of pine wood.

Application

Acetic anhydride has been used in the preparation of 6-dimethylamino-2,3-naphthalenedicarboxylic anhydride.[1] It has also been used to generate acetate ions during high resolution chemical ionization mass spectrometry (CI-ToFMS) analysis.

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Quality Level

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solubility

water: slightly soluble

solubility

H2O: slightly soluble

solubility

H2O: slightly soluble

solubility

-

bp

138-140 °C (lit.)

bp

138-140 °C (lit.)

bp

138-140 °C (lit.)

bp

138-140 °C (lit.)

density

1.08 g/mL (lit.)

density

1.08 g/mL (lit.)

density

1.08 g/mL (lit.)

density

1.08 g/mL (lit.)

mp

−73 °C (lit.)

mp

−73 °C (lit.)

mp

−73 °C (lit.)

mp

−73 °C (lit.)


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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 2 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Liq. 3 - Skin Corr. 1B

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

flash_point_f

120.2 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

49 °C - closed cup

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