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Ethyl mercaptoacetate

Catalog No. A14321 Name Alfa Aesar
CAS Number 623-51-8 Website
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SYNONYMS

Title
巯基乙酸乙酯
IUPAC name
ethyl 2-sulfanylacetate
IUPAC Traditional name
ethyl 2-sulfanylacetate
Synonyms
Ethyl thioglycolate
Mercaptoacetic acid ethyl ester

DATABASE IDS

MDL Number MFCD00004874
Beilstein Number 605581
EC Number 210-800-3
CAS Number 623-51-8

PROPERTIES

Safety Statements 23-36-45
Storage Warning Air Sensitive
TSCA Listed
Hazard Class 3
UN Number UN1228
Packing Group III
GHS Pictograms GHS02
GHS Pictograms GHS06
GHS Hazard statements H301-H226
European Hazard Symbols Toxic Toxic (T)
GHS Precautionary statements P260-P280F-P233-P309-P310
Risk Statements 10-25
RTECS AI6650000
Purity 98+%
Boiling Point 156-159°C
Density 1.096
Flash Point 48°C(118°F)
Melting Point -80°C
Refractive Index 1.4580

DETAILS

REFERENCES

  • Reaction of the dilithio-derivative with an aldehyde, followed by conversion to the episulfide by reaction with ethyl chloroformate, and desulfurization with triethyl phosphite, leads to the (E)-2-alkenoic acid with high stereoselectivity: Synthesis, 127 (1983):