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Isopropyl myristate

Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard; Certified Reference Material

Synonym(s):

Isopropyl tetradecanoate, Myristic acid isopropyl ester

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)12COOCH(CH3)2
CAS Number:
110-27-0
Molecular Weight:
270.45
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329823144
EC Number:
203-751-4
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1781127
MDL number:
MFCD00008982

Product Name

Isopropyl myristate, Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard; Certified Reference Material

format

neat

InChI key

AXISYYRBXTVTFY-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C17H34O2/c1-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-17(18)19-16(2)3/h16H,4-15H2,1-3H3

SMILES string

CCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OC(C)C

grade

certified reference material
pharmaceutical secondary standard

agency

traceable to Ph. Eur. I0750000
traceable to USP 1350400

API family

isopropyl myristate

CofA

current certificate can be downloaded

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

refractive index

n20/D 1.434 (lit.)

bp

193 °C/20 mmHg (lit.)

mp

~3 °C (lit.)

density

0.85 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
flavors and fragrances
food and beverages
personal care
pharmaceutical (small molecule)

storage temp.

2-8°C

Quality Level

300

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Analysis Note

These secondary standards offer multi-traceability to the USP and EP (PhEur) primary standards, where they are available.

Application

These Secondary Standards are qualified as Certified Reference Materials. These are suitable for use in several analytical applications including but not limited to pharma release testing, pharma method development for qualitative and quantitative analyses, food and beverage quality control testing, and other calibration requirements.

General description

Isopropyl myristate is an ester of isopropyl alcohol myristic acid. It is mainly used as a solubilizer, emulsifier and emollient in cosmetic and topical medicines. It also finds applications as a flavoring agent in the food industry.
Pharmaceutical secondary standards for application in quality control, provide pharma laboratories and manufacturers with a convenient and cost-effective alternative to the preparation of in-house working standards.

Other Notes

This Certified Reference Material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO 17034 and ISO/IEC 17025. All information regarding the use of this CRM can be found on the certificate of analysis.
To see an example of a Certificate of Analysis for this material enter LRAA7001 in the slot below. This is an example certificate only and may not be the lot that you receive.

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk

awg

flash_point_f

>302.0 °F

flash_point_c

> 150 °C

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CRC Handbook of Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Excipients (1992)
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Ranajay Saha et al.
Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 28(22), 8309-8317 (2012-05-11)
An edible microemulsion (ME) composed of Tween 80/butyl lactate/isopropyl myristate (IPM)/water has been formulated. Pseudoternary phase diagram of the system contains a large single isotropic region. The phase behavior of the system is also studied at low pH (2.6) and
Fan Yang et al.
European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics : official journal of Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Pharmazeutische Verfahrenstechnik e.V, 82(1), 158-163 (2012-06-21)
Transdermal delivery of methotrexate (MTX) was investigated by using the solid-in-oil (S/O) technique. Because MTX was coated with nonionic surfactant molecules, the resulting complex was easy to dissolve in various organic solvents and provided a transparent solution in isopropyl myristate
Qian Zhang et al.
Pharmaceutical research, 30(1), 32-40 (2012-08-28)
In principle, maximum transepidermal fluxes of solutes should be similar for different vehicles, except when the solute or vehicle modifies the skin. Here we estimated maximum flux, stratum corneum solubility, diffusivity and permeability coefficient for a range of similarly sized
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