(-)-menthoxyacetic acid

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(-)-menthoxyacetic acid Structure
(-)-menthoxyacetic acid structure
Common Name (-)-menthoxyacetic acid
CAS Number 40248-63-3 Molecular Weight 214.30
Density 1.01 g/mL at 20 °C(lit.) Boiling Point 163-164 °C10 mm Hg(lit.)
Molecular Formula C12H22O3 Melting Point 52-55 °C(lit.)
MSDS Chinese USA Flash Point >230 °F
Symbol GHS07
GHS07
Signal Word Warning

 Use of (-)-menthoxyacetic acid


(-)-Mentyloxyacetic acid can be used as a chiral resolving agent[1].

 Names

Name (-)-Menthyloxyacetic Acid
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 Chemical & Physical Properties

Density 1.01 g/mL at 20 °C(lit.)
Boiling Point 163-164 °C10 mm Hg(lit.)
Melting Point 52-55 °C(lit.)
Molecular Formula C12H22O3
Molecular Weight 214.30
Flash Point >230 °F
Exact Mass 214.15700
PSA 46.53000
LogP 2.54840
Index of Refraction n20/D 1.4672(lit.)
Storage condition 2-8°C

 Safety Information

Symbol GHS07
GHS07
Signal Word Warning
Hazard Statements H315-H319-H335
Precautionary Statements P261-P305 + P351 + P338
Personal Protective Equipment Eyeshields;full-face respirator (US);Gloves;multi-purpose combination respirator cartridge (US);type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter
Hazard Codes Xi: Irritant;
Risk Phrases R36/37/38
Safety Phrases S26-S36
RIDADR NONH for all modes of transport
WGK Germany 3
HS Code 2918990090

 Synthetic Route

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Literature: Sharma; Saluja; Bhaduri Indian Journal of Chemistry - Section B Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, 2000 , vol. 39, # 2 p. 156 - 159

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Literature: Dietl, F.; Merz, A.; Tomahogh, R. Tetrahedron Letters, 1982 , vol. 23, # 50 p. 5255 - 5258

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Literature: Ashraf, M. Arfan; Russell, Alexander G.; Wharton, Christopher W.; Snaith, John S. Tetrahedron, 2007 , vol. 63, # 3 p. 586 - 593

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Literature: Frankland; O'Sullivan Journal of the Chemical Society, 1911 , vol. 99, p. 2329

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Literature: McCasland et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1959 , vol. 81, p. 2399,2401 Anm. 18

 Customs

HS Code 2918990090
Summary 2918990090. other carboxylic acids with additional oxygen function and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives. VAT:17.0%. Tax rebate rate:13.0%. . MFN tariff:6.5%. General tariff:30.0%

 Articles3

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R. Chenevert, G. Ampleman

Synthesis , 739, (1987)

R.E. Lehr et al.

J. Org. Chem. 50 , 98, (1985)

K. Iwamoto et al.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 115 , 3997, (1993)

 Synonyms

MFCD00001483
(-)-Menthoxyacetic Acid
EINECS 254-857-2
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