Methyl isobutyrate, 98%, Thermo Scientific Chemicals

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ALFA14070.AP	500 mL

Catalog number ALFA14070.AP

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Specifications

Chemical Name or MaterialMethyl isobutyrate

CAS547-63-7

Health Hazard 1H225-H315-H319-H335

Health Hazard 2GHS H Statement
H225-H332
Highly flammable liquid and vapour.
Harmful if inhaled.

Health Hazard 3P210-P233-P235-P240-P241-P242-P243-P261-P264b-P271-P280-P303+P361+P353-P304+P340-P305+P351+P338-P312-P332+P313-P363-P370+P378q-P501c

Methyl isobutyrate is used as a flavoring agent. It was used as diluent in forced Rayleigh scattering studies to measure diffusion coefficients for a ternary system comprising camphorquinone in poly(methyl methacrylate).

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Applications
Methyl isobutyrate is used as a flavoring agent. It was used as diluent in forced Rayleigh scattering studies to measure diffusion coefficients for a ternary system comprising camphorquinone in poly(methyl methacrylate).

Solubility
Slightly soluble in water.

Notes
Stable under recommended storage conditions. Incompatible with oxidizing agents.

RUO – Research Use Only

General References:

Eiichi Nakamura; Kouichi Sekiya; Isao Kuwajima. Chiral zinc homoenolate of methyl isobutyrate. A new building block for the synthesis of chiral α-methylesters. Tetrahedron Letters. 1987, 28,(3), 337-340.
Adriana Dinca; Thomas P.Davis; Keith J.Fisher; Derek R.Smith; Gary D.Willett. Vanadium oxide anion cluster reactions with methyl isobutyrate and methyl methacrylate monomer and dimer: a study by FT/ICR mass spectrometry1. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 1999, 182-183,73-84.