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Isopentyl nitrite

Catalog No. L13909 Name Alfa Aesar
CAS Number 110-46-3 Website
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Purity 97%, stab. with 0.2% anhyd. sodium carbonate Email
Storage Chembase ID: 1389

SYNONYMS

Title
亚硝酸异戊酯
IUPAC name
3-methylbutyl nitrite
IUPAC Traditional name
aspiral
Synonyms
Isoamyl nitrite
Amyl nitrite

DATABASE IDS

CAS Number 110-46-3
MDL Number MFCD00002057
Beilstein Number 969510
Merck Index 145123
EC Number 203-770-8

PROPERTIES

Purity 97%, stab. with 0.2% anhyd. sodium carbonate
Boiling Point 95-100°C
Density 0.875
Flash Point -20°C(-4°F)
Refractive Index 1.3870
GHS Pictograms GHS02
GHS Pictograms GHS06
GHS Hazard statements H225-H331-H302
European Hazard Symbols X
European Hazard Symbols Flammable Flammable (F)
GHS Precautionary statements P210-P241-P303+P361+P353-P321-P405-P501A
Risk Statements 11-20/22
RTECS NT0187500
Safety Statements 16-24-46
Storage Warning Air & Light Sensitive
TSCA Listed
Hazard Class 3
UN Number UN1113
Packing Group II

DETAILS

REFERENCES

  • Widely used in non-aqueous nitrosation and diazotization reactions.
  • For aromatic arylation as an alternative to the Gomberg reaction, see: J. Chem. Soc., 4257 (1962). For deamination of arylamines using THF as a hydrogen donor, see: J. Chem. Soc., Perkin 1, 541 (1973).
  • For use in the generation of benzyne from anthranilic acid, see: J. Org. Chem., 38, 3462 (1973).
  • ɑ-Amino esters are converted to ɑ-diazo esters: Tetrahedron, 31, 227 (1975).
  • For other reactions of alkyl nitrites, see Isobutyl nitrite, L05259, and tert-Butyl nitrite, L16135.