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3-Mercaptopropionic acid

Catalog No. A13261 Name Alfa Aesar
CAS Number 107-96-0 Website
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SYNONYMS

Title
3-巯基丙酸
IUPAC name
3-sulfanylpropanoic acid
IUPAC Traditional name
3-mercaptopropionic acid

DATABASE IDS

MDL Number MFCD00004897
EC Number 203-537-0
Beilstein Number 773807
CAS Number 107-96-0

PROPERTIES

Purity 99%
Boiling Point 110-111°C/15mm
Density 1.220
Flash Point 93°C(199°F)
Melting Point 17-19°C
Refractive Index 1.4920
GHS Pictograms GHS05
GHS Pictograms GHS06
GHS Hazard statements H300-H331-H314-H318
European Hazard Symbols Toxic Toxic (T)
GHS Precautionary statements P260-P301+P310-P303+P361+P353-P305+P351+P338-P405-P501A
Risk Statements 20-25-35
RTECS UF5270000
Safety Statements 23-26-36/37/39-45
Storage Warning Air Sensitive & Hygroscopic
TSCA Listed
Hazard Class 8
UN Number UN2922
Packing Group III

DETAILS

REFERENCES

  • For a brief review of the reagent, see: Synlett, 1368 (2002).
  • In the presence of a free-radical initiator, acts as a chain transfer reagent in the telomerization of short oligomers for biotechnological applications: J. Polym. Sci. A, 37, 2977 (1999).
  • Can behave as a sulfide ion equivalent, e.g. the Cu-catalyzed reaction with aryl iodides leads to the diaryl sulfide, with loss of acrylic acid (reverse Michael): Synthesis, 523 (1989):