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Dimethyl carbonate

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anhydrous, ≥99%

Synonym(s):

DMC, Carbonic acid dimethyl ester

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Linear Formula:
(CH3O)2CO
CAS Number:
616-38-6
Molecular Weight:
90.08
UNSPSC Code:
12352108
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
57651340
EC Number:
210-478-4
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
635821
MDL number:
MFCD00008420
Assay:
≥99%
Grade:
anhydrous
Bp:
90 °C (lit.)
Vapor pressure:
18 mmHg ( 21.1 °C)
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grade

anhydrous

Quality Level

100

vapor density

3.1 (vs air)

vapor pressure

18 mmHg ( 21.1 °C)

assay

≥99%

expl. lim.

4.22-12.87 % (lit.)

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impurities

<0.002% water, <0.005% water (100mL pkg)

color

APHA: <50

refractive index

n20/D 1.368 (lit.)

bp

90 °C (lit.)

mp

2-4 °C (lit.)

density

1.069 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

greener alternative category

Aligned,

SMILES string

O=C(OC)OC

InChI

1S/C3H6O3/c1-5-3(4)6-2/h1-2H3

InChI key

IEJIGPNLZYLLBP-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Dimethyl carbonate (DMC) is a versatile, non-toxic, biodegradable reagent with tunable chemical reactivity. It serves as a green alternative to dimethyl sulfate or methyl halides and phosgene for methylation and carboxylation reactions. DMC can be prepared by the base-catalyzed reaction between carbon dioxide and methanol.

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Application

Dimethyl carbonate has been used to dissolve poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) to form PLGA-coated bioactive glass-ceramic scaffolds.

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pictograms

Flame
GHS02

signalword

Danger

hcodes

H225

Hazard Classifications

Flam. Liq. 2

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

60.8 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

16 °C - closed cup

ppe

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SHBT1471
SHBS6320
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Preparation and characterisation of plga-coated porous bioactive glass-ceramic scaffolds for subchondral bone tissue engineering.
O'Shea TM and Miao X.
Proceeding of the 9th International Symposium on Ceramic Materials and Components for Energy and Environmental Applications (2009)
Hao Sun et al.
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Direct synthesis of dimethyl carbonate from carbon dioxide and methanol catalyzed by base.
Fang S and Fujimoto K.
Applied Catalysis A: General, 142(1), L1-L3 (1996)
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