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D221104

Dodecane

ReagentPlus®, ≥99%

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)10CH3
CAS Number:
112-40-3
Molecular Weight:
170.33
UNSPSC Code:
12352001
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
329798731
EC Number:
203-967-9
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1697175
MDL number:
MFCD00008969
Assay:
≥99%
Technique(s):
microbiological culture: suitable
Bp:
215-217 °C (lit.)
Vapor pressure:
1 mmHg ( 47.8 °C)

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Product Name

Dodecane, ReagentPlus®, ≥99%

assay

≥99%

form

liquid

InChI key

SNRUBQQJIBEYMU-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C12H26/c1-3-5-7-9-11-12-10-8-6-4-2/h3-12H2,1-2H3

SMILES string

CCCCCCCCCCCC

vapor density

5.96 (vs air)

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 47.8 °C)

product line

ReagentPlus®

autoignition temp.

401 °F

expl. lim.

8 %

technique(s)

microbiological culture: suitable

refractive index

n20/D 1.421 (lit.)

bp

215-217 °C (lit.)

mp

−9.6 °C (lit.)

density

0.75 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

Quality Level

200

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Application

Dodecane can be used as a solvent in the:
  • Extraction of hydrocarbons from Botryococcus braunii.
  • Pd/C catalyzed deoxygenation of stearic acid to synthesize biodiesel.
  • Oxidativede sulfurization of dibenzothiophenes.

General description

Dodecane is a long-chain linear alkane that is commonly used as a solvent and the major constituent of kerosene. Also, it is employed as an organic phase in solvent extraction.

Legal Information

ReagentPlus is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

pictograms

Health hazard
GHS08

signalword

Danger

hcodes

H304

Hazard Classifications

Asp. Tox. 1

supp_hazards

EUH066

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

158.0 °F - Pensky-Martens closed cup

flash_point_c

70 °C - Pensky-Martens closed cup

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X-L Cao et al.
Food additives & contaminants. Part A, Chemistry, analysis, control, exposure & risk assessment, 28(6), 791-798 (2011-05-31)
A total of 154 food composite samples from the 2008 total diet study in Quebec City were analysed for bisphenol A (BPA), and BPA was detected in less than half (36%, or 55 samples) of the samples tested. High concentrations
Raquel Silva et al.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 733, 155-164 (2011-11-22)
In this work, we report a novel approach using proteinaceous microspheres of bovine serum albumin (BSA), human serum albumin (HSA) and silk fibroin (SF) containing different organic solvents, namely n-dodecane, mineral oil and vegetable oil, to reduce the activity of
I Solè et al.
Journal of colloid and interface science, 376(1), 133-139 (2012-04-07)
The influence of different dilution procedures on the properties of oil-in-water (O/W) nano-emulsions obtained by dilution of oil-in-water (O/W) and water-in-oil (W/O) microemulsions has been studied. The system water/SDS/cosurfactant/dodecane with either hexanol or pentanol as cosurfactant was chosen as model
Mahnaz Ghambarian et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1222, 5-12 (2011-12-27)
The aim of this research was to compare the extraction efficiencies of two modes of three-phase hollow fiber microextraction (HF-LLLME) based on aqueous and organic acceptor phases for analysis of tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) drugs. High-performance liquid chromatography with photodiode array
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