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Methyl benzoate

(distilled and stabilized Type A), Technipur^®

• Sinónimos: Methyl benzenecarboxylate
• Fórmula lineal: C₆H₅COOCH₃
• Número de CAS: 93-58-3
• Peso molecular: 136.15
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number: 1072099
• MDL number: MFCD00008421

Propiedades

• vapor density: 4.68 (vs air)
• Quality Level: 200
• vapor pressure: <1 mmHg ( 20 °C); 0.36 hPa ( 20 °C)
• refractive index: n20/D 1.516 (lit.)
• bp: 198-199 °C (lit.)
• mp: −12 °C (lit.)
• density: 1.088 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.)
• SMILES string: COC(=O)c1ccccc1
• InChI: 1S/C8H8O2/c1-10-8(9)7-5-3-2-4-6-7/h2-6H,1H3
• InChI key: QPJVMBTYPHYUOC-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Descripción

General description

Methyl benzoate is a volatile aromatic ester widely used in perfumery industries because of its pleasant smell. It is also an important class of chemical intermediate commonly used in plasticizers, pharmaceuticals, dyeing polyester fibers, solvents, disinfectants, and pesticides.

Application

Methyl benzoate can be used as:

• A solvent in the ink-jet printing of polymers.
• A nonreacting plasticizer in the efficient crosslinking reaction of phenolic resin.
• A starting material to synthesize glycol dibenzoate plasticizers by transesterification with glycols.

Legal Information

Technipur is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Información de seguridad

• pictograms: GHS07
• signalword: Warning
• hcodes: H302
• pcodes: P264 - P270 - P301 + P312 - P501
• Hazard Classifications: Acute Tox. 4 Oral
• Storage Class: 10 - Combustible liquids
• wgk_germany: WGK 1
• flash_point_f: 170.6 °F - Pensky-Martens closed cup
• flash_point_c: 77 °C - Pensky-Martens closed cup