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1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride

≥99.0% (HPLC)

Synonym(s):

BMIMCl

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C8H15ClN2
CAS Number:
79917-90-1
Molecular Weight:
174.67
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
329747885
MDL number:
MFCD03095425
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
6449277
assay:
≥99.0% (HPLC)

Product Name

1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride, ≥99.0% (HPLC)

InChI key

FHDQNOXQSTVAIC-UHFFFAOYSA-M

InChI

1S/C8H15N2.ClH/c1-3-4-5-10-7-6-9(2)8-10;/h6-8H,3-5H2,1-2H3;1H/q+1;/p-1

SMILES string

[Cl-].CCCCn1cc[n+](C)c1

assay

≥99.0% (HPLC)

form

powder

impurities

≤0.2% water

mp

~70 °C

Quality Level

100

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Application

Ionic Liquids for Catalysis
[BMIM]Cl in combination with glycerol forms an effective plasticizer with higher thermal stability, flexibility and tensile strength.

General description

1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride is a high-purity ionic liquid (HPIL) with low water content. It shows high cellulose-dissolving ability.

pictograms

Skull and crossbonesEnvironment
GHS06,GHS09

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 2 - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

377.6 °F - (External MSDS)

flash_point_c

192 °C - (External MSDS)

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type P2 (EN 143) respirator cartridges

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Ionic Liquids for Catalysis
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Crystal structure of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride. A clue to the elucidation of the ionic liquid structure
Saha, Satyen, et al.
Chemistry Letters (Jpn), 32.8, 740-741 (2003)
Hydrolysis of cellulosic bamboo biomass into reducing sugars via a combined alkaline solution and ionic liquid pretreament steps
Kassaye, Samuel, Kamal K. Pant, and Sapna Jain
Renewable Energy, 104, 177-184 (2017)
Co-Solvent Facilitated in situ Esterification of Cellulose in 1-Ethyl-3-Methylimidazolium Acetate
Olsson, Carina, and Gunnar Westman
BioResources, 12.1, 1395-1402 (2017)
Extraction of Essential Oils of Lemon Grass Using Ionic Liquid
Murata, Chihiro, et al.
Asian Journal of Chemistry, 29.2, 309-309 (2017)
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