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Acetic anhydride

99.5%

Synonym(s):

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

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Linear Formula:
(CH3CO)2O
CAS Number:
108-24-7
Molecular Weight:
102.09
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
24878429
EC Number:
203-564-8
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
385737
MDL number:
MFCD00008705

Product Name

Acetic anhydride, 99.5%

InChI key

WFDIJRYMOXRFFG-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

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

SMILES string

CC(=O)OC(C)=O

vapor density

3.5 (vs air)

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

Quality Level

200

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Application

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

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.

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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

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

120.2 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

49 °C - closed cup

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Toughness of pine wood chemically modified with acetic anhydride.
Papadopoulos AN and Tountziarakis P.
European Journal of Wood and Wood Products, 70(1-3), 399-400 (2012)
Acetic Anhydride Hydrolysis at High Acetic Anhydride to Water Ratios.
Fritzler BC, et al.
International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, 46(3), 151-160 (2014)
Photolysis of Acetic Anhydride.
Burwasser H and Taylor HA.
J. Chem. Phys. , 23(12), 2295-2299 (1955)
Acetic anhydride as a synthetic reagent.
Kim DH.
Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 13(2), 179-194 (1976)
Kishore Baathulaa et al.
Nature protocols, 6(12), 1990-1997 (2011-12-03)
Environment-sensitive fluorophores have different quantum yields in different solvents. 6-Dimethylaminonaphthalimide (6-DMN), for example, has a low quantum yield in aqueous solutions, but is highly fluorescent in nonpolar solvents or when bound to hydrophobic sites in proteins or membranes. 6-DMN has
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