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791741

Sodium acetate

anhydrous, free-flowing, Redi-Dri, ACS reagent, ≥99.0%

Synonym(s):

Acetic acid sodium salt

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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:
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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.
It can also be used as a base to synthesize cinnamic acids via Perkin reaction.

Legal Information

Redi-Dri is a trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC


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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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