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74564

Trifluoroacetic acid

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

TFA

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Linear Formula:
CF3COOH
CAS Number:
76-05-1
Molecular Weight:
114.02
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329764996
EC Number:
200-929-3
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
742035
MDL number:
MFCD00004169

Product Name

Trifluoroacetic acid, analytical standard

InChI key

DTQVDTLACAAQTR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C2HF3O2/c3-2(4,5)1(6)7/h(H,6,7)

SMILES string

OC(C(F)(F)F)=O

grade

analytical standard

vapor density

3.9 (vs air)

vapor pressure

97.5 mmHg ( 20 °C)

assay

≥99.0% (GC)

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

impurities

≤0.05% water

refractive index

n20/D 1.3 (lit.)

bp

72.4 °C (lit.)

mp

−15.4 °C (lit.)

solubility

H2O: soluble

density

1.489 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.)

application(s)

environmental

format

neat

Quality Level

100

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Application

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Trifluoroacetic acid may be used as a modifier in high performance liquid chromatography mobile phase for protein and peptide separation due to its properties like chromatographic selectivity, high volatility and low ultraviolet light cut-off.
Trifluoroacetic acid may be used as an analytical reference standard for the determination of the analyte in water matrices using high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry.
Trifluoroacetic acid may be used as a modifier in high performance liquid chromatography mobile phase for protein and peptide separation due to its properties like chromatographic selectivity, high volatility and low ultraviolet light cut-off.

General description

Trifluoroacetic acid is a phytotoxic compound belonging to the class of perfluorinated acids (PFAs). It is an environmental contaminant, which contributes to the organo-fluorine burden in surface and ground waters.

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GHS05,GHS07

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Aquatic Chronic 3 - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1A

Storage Class

8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

>212.0 °F - Pensky-Martens closed cup

flash_point_c

> 100 °C - Pensky-Martens closed cup

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Lot/Batch Number
BCCN2173
BCCN2106
BCCL3366
BCCJ8301
BCCK8436

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Enhanced sensitivity for peptide mapping with electrospray liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry in the presence of signal suppression due to trifluoroacetic acid-containing mobile phases
Apffel A, et al.
Journal of Chromatography A, 712(1), 177-190 (1995)
Analysis of trifluoroacetic acid and other short-chain perfluorinated acids (C2--C4) in precipitation by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry: Comparison to patterns of long-chain perfluorinated acids (C5--C18)
Taniyasu S, et al.
Analytica Chimica Acta, 619(2), 221-230 (2008)
Yukiko Enomoto-Rogers et al.
Carbohydrate polymers, 92(2), 1827-1834 (2013-02-13)
Fully substituted glucomannan triacetate (GMTAc) (degree of substitution (DS)=3.0) was prepared from konjac glucomannan (KGM) treated with acetic acid and trifluoroacetic anhydride (TFAA). The peaks in the (1)H- and (13)C NMR spectra of GMTAc were assigned in detail based on
Caroline Le Maréchal et al.
Veterinary research, 42, 35-35 (2011-02-18)
Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of mastitis in ruminants. In ewe mastitis, symptoms range from subclinical to gangrenous mastitis. S. aureus factors or host-factors contributing to the different outcomes are not completely elucidated. In this study, experimental mastitis was
Wolfgang Klein et al.
PloS one, 10(3), e0120886-e0120886 (2015-03-26)
The cyclodepsipeptide cotransin was described to inhibit the biosynthesis of a small subset of proteins by a signal sequence-discriminatory mechanism at the Sec61 protein-conducting channel. However, it was not clear how selective cotransin is, i.e. how many proteins are sensitive.
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