791741
Sodium acetate
anhydrous, free-flowing, Redi-Dri™, ACS reagent, ≥99.0%
Synonym(s):
Acetic acid sodium salt
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About This Item
Linear Formula:
CH3COONa
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
82.03
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
204-823-8
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3595639
MDL number:
Quality Segment
grade
ACS reagent, anhydrous
product line
Redi-Dri™
assay
≥99.0%
form
solid
autoignition temp.
1112 °F
quality
free-flowing
impurities
≤0.01% insolubles
loss
≤1.0% loss on drying
pH
7.0-9.2 (25 °C, 5%)
pKa
4.76 (acetic acid)
mp
>300 °C (dec.) (lit.)
anion traces
chloride (Cl-): ≤0.002%, phosphate (PO43-): ≤0.001%, sulfate (SO42-): ≤0.003%
cation traces
Ca: ≤0.005%, Fe: ≤0.001%, Mg: ≤0.002%, heavy metals: ≤0.001% (by ICP)
SMILES string
[Na+].CC([O-])=O
InChI
1S/C2H4O2.Na/c1-2(3)4;/h1H3,(H,3,4);/q;+1/p-1
InChI key
VMHLLURERBWHNL-UHFFFAOYSA-M
General description
Sodium acetate is an inexpensive and non-toxic chemical substance that is widely used in industry as a food additive or as a base for the neutralization of reaction mixtures.
Application
Sodium acetate can be used as a reagent:
- In the Erlenmeyer-Plochl reaction to synthesize oxazolones by the condensation of aromatic aldehydes and hippuric acid.
- In palladium-catalyzed arylation of thiophenes using aryl halides.
Legal Information
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Storage Class
11 - Combustible Solids
wgk
WGK 1
flash_point_f
Not applicable
flash_point_c
Not applicable
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