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Sigma-Aldrich

Tetraethylene glycol monododecyl ether

BioXtra, ≥98.0% (GC)

Synonym(s):

C12E4, Dodecyl tetraethylene glycol ether, Dodecyltetraglycol

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)11(OCH2CH2)4OH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
362.54
Beilstein:
1791369
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12161900
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.25

description

non-ionic

Quality Level

product line

BioXtra

Assay

≥98.0% (GC)

form

liquid

mol wt

362.54 g/mol

refractive index

n20/D 1.450-1.454

density

0.946 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.)

cation traces

Ca: ≤50 mg/kg
Cd: ≤50 mg/kg
Co: ≤50 mg/kg
Cr: ≤50 mg/kg
Cu: ≤50 mg/kg
Fe: ≤50 mg/kg
K: ≤50 mg/kg
Mg: ≤50 mg/kg
Mn: ≤50 mg/kg
Na: ≤50 mg/kg
Ni: ≤50 mg/kg
Pb: ≤50 mg/kg
Zn: ≤50 mg/kg

SMILES string

CCCCCCCCCCCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO

InChI

1S/C20H42O5/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-13-22-15-17-24-19-20-25-18-16-23-14-12-21/h21H,2-20H2,1H3

InChI key

WPMWEFXCIYCJSA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Tetraethylene glycol monododecyl ether (C12E4) is a nonionic surfactant. It is used as a stabilizer in several phase behavior and evaporation studies. This polyoxyethylated lauryl ether surfactant is a water-soluble surfactant.

Application

Tetraethylene glycol monododecyl ether (C12E4) has been used:


  • as a water-soluble surfactant in computational and physical experiments to report the post-deposition motion of the surfactant front and the deformation of the subphase surface using Marangoni flow and capillary waves
  • to study its mixed micellization and interfacial properties in the absence and presence of sodium propionate
  • to investigate the phase transformation of C12E4 aqueous solutions by Rayleigh light scattering (RLS) when adopting different heating ways

Pictograms

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Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

235.4 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

113 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Confinement effects of native calf thymus DNA interacting with the complex Cu(ii)-5-(triethylammoniummethyl)salicylidene ortho-phenylendiiminate (CuL(2+)) perchlorate in tetraethylene glycol monododecyl ether (C(12)E(4)) liquid crystals have been investigated by UV absorption spectrophotometry, circular dichroism (CD) and small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The
M Adachi et al.
Biotechnology and bioengineering, 58(6), 649-653 (1999-04-01)
Selective separation of trypsin from a mixture involving many kinds of contaminating proteins, i.e., pancreatin, was achieved using trypsin inhibitor immobilized in the reverse micelles, which were composed of a nonionic surfactant, tetra-oxyethylene monodecylether. To determine the efficient operations throughout
V S Tsygankov et al.
Biofizika, 47(5), 858-863 (2002-10-26)
The physical state of water in a system of reversed micelles at different molar rations of H2O and a nonionic surfactant (tetraethylene glycol monododecyl ether, Brij 30) was studied by NMR spectroscopy. In addition, the effect of water on the
Rajib Kumar Mitra et al.
The journal of physical chemistry. B, 112(41), 12946-12953 (2008-09-24)
In this contribution, we attempt to correlate the change in water dynamics in a reverse micellar (RM) core caused by the modification of the interface by mixing an anionic surfactant, sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (AOT), and a nonionic surfactant, tetraethylene glycol

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