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Sodium acetate

ACS reagent, ≥99.0%

Synonym(s):

Acetic acid sodium salt

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Linear Formula:
CH3COONa
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
82.03
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
eCl@ss:
39021906
UNSPSC Code:
12352300
EC Number:
204-823-8
MDL number:
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3595639
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grade

ACS reagent

Quality Level

assay

≥99.0%

form

solid

autoignition temp.

1112 °F

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-OES)

suitability

complies for IR spectroscopy

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 a hydrophilic organic compound that can be prepared by treating acetic acid with sodium carbonate or sodium hydroxide. It acts as neutralizing agent, catalyst, food additive, and buffer to maintain a specific pH.

Application

Sodium acetate can be used as a base to synthesize:
  • Oxazolones via Erlenmeyer Plochl condensation reaction of aromatic aldehydes and hippuric acid.
  • Cinnamic acids via Perkin reaction between aromatic aldehydes and acid anhydrides.
A mixture of sodium acetate-acetic acid buffer can be employed in the polybromination of substituted imidazoles to synthesize polybrominated imidazoles.

It can also be used as a catalyst in tandem Knoevenagel-Michael multicomponent reactions.

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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1



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Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
241245-100G04061824953312
241245-5G04061824984514
241245-1KG04061824958881
241245-2.5KG04061824962703
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