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95803

1-Methyl-3-octylimidazolium chloride

≥97.0% (HPLC)

Synonym(s):

OMIMCl

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C12H23ClN2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
230.78
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
MDL number:

Product Name

1-Methyl-3-octylimidazolium chloride, ≥97.0% (HPLC)

InChI

1S/C12H23N2.ClH/c1-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-14-11-10-13(2)12-14;/h10-12H,3-9H2,1-2H3;1H/q+1;/p-1

SMILES string

[Cl-].CCCCCCCC[n+]1ccn(C)c1

InChI key

OXFBEEDAZHXDHB-UHFFFAOYSA-M

assay

≥97.0% (HPLC)

form

liquid

refractive index

n20/D 1.505-1.515

density

1.01 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.)

Quality Level

Application

1-Methyl-3-octylimidazolium chloride ionic liquid ([MOIM]Cl) can be used as:      
  • A reaction medium for the hydrolysis of sucrose to form hydroxymethylfurfural in the presence of HCl and metal chloride catalyst.        
  • A structure-directing agent during the preparation of organized mesoporous alumina.

Other Notes

Lipophilic ionic liquid

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Warning

hcodes

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter


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Aggregation and micelle formation of ionic liquids in aqueous solution
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Chemical Physics Letters, 400.4, 296-300 (2004)
Anna S Dotsenko et al.
Bioresource technology, 250, 429-438 (2017-12-02)
The pretreatment of softwood and hardwood samples (spruce and hornbeam wood) with 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([Bmim]Cl) was undertaken for further simultaneous enzymatic saccharification of renewable non-food lignocellulosic biomass and microbial fermentation of obtained sugars to ethanol and fumaric acid. A multienzyme
Ionic liquids as modulators of the critical micelle concentration of sodium dodecyl sulfate
Beyaz, Ayse, Woon Su Oh, and V. Prakash Reddy
Colloids and Surfaces. B, Biointerfaces, 35.2, 119-124 (2004)
DNA?gelatin complex coacervation, UCST and first-order phase transition of coacervate to anisotropic ion gel in 1-methyl-3-octylimidazolium chloride ionic liquid solutions
Rawat, Kamla, V. K. Aswal, and H. B. Bohidar
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 116.51, 14805-41816 (2012)
Z.M.A. Judeh et al.
Tetrahedron Letters, 43, 9381-9381 (2002)

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