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Product: Chloromethyl ethyl ether
Product description: At room temperature, it is a colorless irritating liquid with a boiling point of 82℃. Density: 1.019 g/mL at 25℃, refractive index: n₂₀/D 1.404. Flash point is extremely low (-6℃). It is corrosive and highly flammable. It can be miscible with various organic solvents. When exposed to water or alkaline environments, it is prone to hydrolysis, generating formaldehyde, hydrogen chloride and ethanol. It has strong chemical activity and is a commonly used chloromethylating reagent.
Product Details:
Name: Chloromethyl Ethyl Ether
Molecular Formula: C3H7ClO
Molecular Weight: 94.54
CAS Number: 3188-13-4
Packaging: In barrels
At room temperature, it is a colorless irritating liquid with a boiling point of 82℃. Density: 1.019 g/mL at 25℃, Refractive Index: n₂₀/D 1.404, Flash Point: extremely low (-6℃), Corrosive, Highly Flammable; It can be mixed with various organic solvents. When encountering water or alkaline environments, it is prone to hydrolysis, generating formaldehyde, hydrogen chloride and ethanol. It has strong chemical activity and is a commonly used chloromethylating reagent. Main application: Intermediate for pesticides: Key raw material for synthesizing the herbicide ethamben.
Organic Synthesis: As an alkylation agent, introducing the ethoxy methyl (EOM) protecting group for drug, dye, and natural product synthesis.
Fine Chemicals: Preparation of hexamethyl di-silazane, diphenylmethane diisocyanate, etc.