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270482

2-Methoxyethanol

suitable for HPLC, ≥99.9%

Synonym(s):

Ethylene glycol monomethyl ether, Methyl glycol

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Linear Formula:
CH3OCH2CH2OH
CAS Number:
109-86-4
Molecular Weight:
76.09
UNSPSC Code:
12190000
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
329752943
EC Number:
203-713-7
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1731074
MDL number:
MFCD00002867
Grade:
HPLC grade
Assay:
≥99.9%
Technique(s):
HPLC: suitable
Application(s):
food and beverages
Bp:
124-125 °C (lit.)
Vapor pressure:
6.17 mmHg ( 20 °C)

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Product Name

2-Methoxyethanol, suitable for HPLC, ≥99.9%

InChI

1S/C3H8O2/c1-5-3-2-4/h4H,2-3H2,1H3

InChI key

XNWFRZJHXBZDAG-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES string

COCCO

grade

HPLC grade

vapor density

2.62 (vs air)

vapor pressure

6.17 mmHg ( 20 °C)

assay

≥99.9%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

548 °F

purified by

glass distillation

expl. lim.

24.5 %

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable

impurities

<0.050% water

evapn. residue

<0.0005%

refractive index

n20/D 1.402 (lit.)

pH

5.0-7.0 (25 °C)

bp

124-125 °C (lit.)

mp

−85 °C (lit.)

density

0.965 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

λ

H2O reference

UV absorption

λ: 213 nm Amax: 1.00
λ: 240 nm Amax: 0.20
λ: 260 nm Amax: 0.05
λ: 300-400 nm Amax: 0.01

application(s)

food and beverages

Quality Level

100

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General description

This solvent is glass distilled, submicron filtered and subjected to rigorous specification testing to provide lot-to-lot consistency.

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Application

Designed for use with HPLC instrumentation and organic synthesis applications.
Used in the LC-MS of rat urine samples for determination of 2-methoxyethanol.

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Flam. Liq. 3 - Repr. 1B - STOT RE 2 - STOT SE 1

target_organs

Immune system, thymus

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

104.0 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

40 °C - closed cup

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Robert A Hartman et al.
Journal of biomechanics, 45(2), 382-385 (2011-11-22)
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Conductometric, viscometric, and spectroscopic investigations on the solvation phenomena of alkali-metal ions and ion pairs in 2-methoxyethanol.
Das B and Hazra DK.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry, 99(1), 269-273 (1995)
H-Y Chang et al.
Occupational and environmental medicine, 61(8), 697-702 (2004-07-20)
To evaluate the protective effectiveness of gloves from occupational exposure to 2-methoxyethanol (2-ME); and to examine the association of 2-methoxyacetic acid (MAA) in urine and plasma collected simultaneously from low 2-ME exposure and high 2-ME exposure workers in a semiconductor
Makoto Takei et al.
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology, 118(2), 643-652 (2010-07-10)
Ethylene glycol monomethyl ether (EGME) is a widely used industrial solvent known to cause adverse effects to human and other mammals. Organs with high metabolism and rapid cell division, such as testes, are especially sensitive to its actions. In order
Alberto Dessy et al.
European journal of pharmaceutical sciences : official journal of the European Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences, 43(1-2), 57-64 (2011-03-30)
In the present work polymeric nanoparticles based on Poly (maleic anhydride-alt-butyl vinyl ether) 5% grafted with m-PEG (2000) and 95% grafted with 2-methoxyethanol (VAM41-PEG) were loaded with human hemoglobin (Hb) and characterized from a physicochemical point of view. The assessment
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