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Perchloric acid

puriss. p.a., ACS reagent, reag. ISO, reag. Ph. Eur., 70.0-72.0%

Synonym(s):

PCA

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
HClO4
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
100.46
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352106
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.21

grade

ACS reagent
puriss. p.a.

Quality Level

Agency

USP/NF
reag. ISO
reag. Ph. Eur.

Assay

70.0-72.0%

form

liquid

impurities

≤0.00005% free chlorine (Cl)
≤0.0001% heavy metals (as Pb)
≤0.001% total nitrogen (N)

ign. residue

≤0.003% (as SO4)

color

APHA: ≤10

density

1.670 g/cm3

anion traces

chlorate (ClO3-): ≤0.001%
chloride (Cl-): ≤0.0003%
phosphate, silicate (as SiO2): ≤0.0005%
sulfate (SO42-): ≤0.001%

cation traces

Ag: ≤0.00001%
Al: ≤0.000005%
As: ≤0.000005%
Ba: ≤0.000002%
Be: ≤0.000002%
Bi: ≤0.00001%
Ca: ≤0.00005%
Cd: ≤0.000005%
Co: ≤0.000005%
Cu: ≤0.00001%
Fe: ≤0.0001%
Ge: ≤0.000005%
K: ≤0.00001%
Li: ≤0.000002%
Mg: ≤0.00005%
Mn: ≤0.000002%
Mo: ≤0.000005%
Ni: ≤0.00001%
Pb: ≤0.000005%
Sr: ≤0.000002%
Ti: ≤0.00001%
Tl: ≤0.000005%
V: ≤0.000005%
Zn: ≤0.00001%
Zr: ≤0.00001%

SMILES string

OCl(=O)(=O)=O

InChI

1S/ClHO4/c2-1(3,4)5/h(H,2,3,4,5)

InChI key

VLTRZXGMWDSKGL-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Perchloric acid is a strong acid that can be used as a reagent in the oxidative esterification of aldehydes. It can also be used as a catalyst for the condensation of amines and aldehydes to synthesize arylimines.

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Met. Corr. 1 - Ox. Liq. 1 - Skin Corr. 1A - STOT RE 2

Target Organs

Thyroid

Storage Class Code

5.1A - Strongly oxidizing hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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