Methylcyclohexane, 99%, Thermo Scientific Chemicals

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ALFA16057.AP	500 mL

Catalog number ALFA16057.AP

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Specifications

Chemical Name or MaterialMethylcyclohexane

CAS108-87-2

Health Hazard 1H225-H304-H315-H319-H335-H336

Health Hazard 2GHS H Statement
H225-H304-H315-H336
Highly flammable liquid and vapour.
May be fatal if swallowed and enters airways.
Causes skin irritation.
May cause drowsiness or dizziness.

Health Hazard 3P210-P233-P235-P240-P241-P242-P243-P261-P264b-P271-P280-P301+P310-P303+P361+P353-P304+P340-P305+P351+P338-P312-P331-P332+P313-P363-P370+P378q-P501c

Methylcyclohexane is used as a solvent and reagent in organic synthesis and polymer chemistry. It is a component of jet fuel and also used as correction fluid in certain consumer products. It acts as a starting material for toluene synthesis

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Applications
Methylcyclohexane is used as a solvent and reagent in organic synthesis and polymer chemistry. It is a component of jet fuel and also used as correction fluid in certain consumer products. It acts as a starting material for toluene synthesis

Solubility
Immiscible with water.

Notes
Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents.

RUO – Research Use Only

General References:

For use as a solvent in the preparation of unsolvated Grignard reagents from an alkyl halide and Mg powder: Org. Synth. Coll., 5, 1141 (1973).
Narayanaswamy, K.; Pitsch, H.; Pepiot, P. A chemical mechanism for low to high temperature oxidation of methylcyclohexane as a component of transportation fuel surrogates. Combust. Flame 2015, 162 (4), 1193-1213.
Ngoye, F.; Lakiss, L.; Qin, Z.; Laforge, S.; Canaff, C.; Tarighi, M.; Valtchev, V.; Thomas, K.; Vicente, A.; Gilson, J. Mitigating coking during methylcyclohexane transformation on HZSM-5 zeolites with additional porosity. J. Catal. 2014, 320, 118-126.