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34873

Heptane

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suitable for HPLC, ≥99%

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)5CH3
CAS Number:
142-82-5
Molecular Weight:
100.20
UNSPSC Code:
41116105
NACRES:
NA.06
PubChem Substance ID:
329755080
EC Number:
205-563-8
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1730763
MDL number:
MFCD00009544
Grade:
HPLC grade
Assay:
≥99%
Technique(s):
HPLC: suitable
Bp:
98 °C (lit.)
Vapor pressure:
40 mmHg ( 20 °C)
83 mmHg ( 37.7 °C)

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Product Name

Heptane, suitable for HPLC, ≥99%

InChI key

IMNFDUFMRHMDMM-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C7H16/c1-3-5-7-6-4-2/h3-7H2,1-2H3

SMILES string

CCCCCCC

grade

HPLC grade

vapor density

3.5 (vs air)

vapor pressure

40 mmHg ( 20 °C)
83 mmHg ( 37.7 °C)

assay

≥99%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

433 °F

purified by

filtration through 0.2μm

expl. lim.

7 %

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technique(s)

HPLC: suitable

impurities

≤0.001% free acid (as CH3COOH)
≤0.01% water (Karl Fischer)
≤1 ppb fluorescence (quinine) at 254 nm
≤1 ppb fluorescence (quinine) at 365 nm

evapn. residue

≤0.0003%

color

APHA: ≤10

refractive index

n20/D 1.387 (lit.)

bp

98 °C (lit.)

mp

−91 °C (lit.)

density

0.684 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

UV absorption

λ: 200 nm Amax: ≤0.70
λ: 210 nm Amax: ≤0.40
λ: 220 nm Amax: ≤0.10
λ: 230 nm Amax: ≤0.05
λ: 245 nm Amax: ≤0.01
λ: 260 nm Amax: ≤0.01
λ: 400 nm Amax: ≤0.01

greener alternative category

Aligned,

Quality Level

100

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Application

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Heptane (n-heptane) may be used to compose the solvent mixtures for the purification of N-acylpyrrolidine derivatives of fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) by TLC (Thin Layer Chromatography).

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General description

We are committed to bringing you Greener Alternative Products, which adhere to one or more of The 12 Principles of Greener Chemistry. Heptane is an environmentally preferable solvent and greener alternative to hexane for chromatographic purification and thus has been enhanced for "Safer Solvents and Auxiliaries". Click here for more information.
Tools and techniques for solvent selection: green solvent selection guides.

Heptane (n-Heptane) is a linear hydrocarbon. Its cetane number has been reported to be 56.

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What is a green solvent? A comprehensive framework for the environmental assessment of solvents

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Important notice
The article number 34873-4X2.5L will be discontinued. Please order the single bottle 34873-2.5L which is physically identical with the same exact specifications.
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Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Asp. Tox. 1 - Flam. Liq. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Central nervous system

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

24.8 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

-4 °C - closed cup

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Bacterial phospholipid molecular species analysis by ion-pair reversed-phase HPLC/ESI/MS.
Mazzella N, et al.
Journal of Lipid Research, 45(7), 1355-1363 (2004)
A comprehensive modeling study of n-heptane oxidation.
Curran HJ, et al.
Combustion and Flame, 114(1), 149-177 (1998)
Arun K Kota et al.
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 24(43), 5838-5843 (2012-08-30)
Hierarchically structured, superoleophobic surfaces are demonstrated that display one of the lowest contact angle hysteresis values ever reported - even with extremely low-surface-tension liquids such as n-heptane. Consequently, these surfaces allow, for the first time, even ≈2 μL n-heptane droplets
S Monadjemi et al.
Environmental science & technology, 45(22), 9582-9589 (2011-09-29)
Photodegradation is seldom considered at the surface of vegetation after crop spraying. Chlorothalonil, a broad-spectrum foliar fungicide with a very widespread use worldwide, was considered. To represent the waxy upper layer of leaves, tests were performed within thin paraffin wax
Thushara Karunasekara et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1218(6), 809-816 (2011-01-07)
Partition coefficients for varied compounds were determined for the organic solvent-propylene carbonate biphasic partition system where the organic solvent is n-heptane, isopentyl ether or 1-octanol. These partition coefficient databases are analyzed using the solvation parameter model facilitating a quantitative comparison
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