PERFLUOROPENTANOIC ACID Chemical Properties

Boiling point:

140 °C(lit.)

Density 

1.713 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)

refractive index 

n20/D 1.294(lit.)

Flash point:

140°C

storage temp. 

Inert atmosphere,Room Temperature

form 

Liquid

pka

0.40±0.10(Predicted)

Specific Gravity

1.713

color 

Clear light yellow to light brown

Water Solubility 

Partly soluble in water.

BRN 

1800087

Stability:

Stable. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents.

CAS DataBase Reference

2706-90-3(CAS DataBase Reference)

EPA Substance Registry System

Perfluorovaleric acid (2706-90-3)

Safety Information

Hazard Codes 

C

Risk Statements 

34

Safety Statements 

26-36/37/39-45

RIDADR 

UN 3265 8/PG 2

WGK Germany 

3

Hazard Note 

Corrosive

TSCA 

T

HazardClass 

8

PackingGroup 

III

HS Code 

29159000

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PERFLUOROPENTANOIC ACID Usage And Synthesis

Chemical Properties

colourless liquid

Uses

Perfluoropentanoic acid is a short-chain perfluorocarboxylic acid (PFCA) generally used as an industrial surfactant and surface protector.

Definition

ChEBI: A monocarboxylic acid that is perfluorinated pentanoic acid.

Synthesis Reference(s)

Synthesis, p. 647, 1991 DOI: 10.1055/s-1991-26535

PERFLUOROPENTANOIC ACID(2706-90-3)Related Product Information

• Trimellitic Anhydride
• Ammonium acetate
• Ammonium chloride
• Adapalene
• Valeric acid
• ammonium perfluorovalerate
• 5H-PERFLUOROPENTANOIC ACID
• PERFLUOROPENTANOIC ANHYDRIDE
• Bis(4-tert-butylphenyl)iodonium perfluoro-1-butanesulfonate
• ALLYL PERFLUOROPENTANOATE
• ETHYL PERFLUOROPENTANOATE
• METHYL NONAFLUOROVALERATE
• PERFLUOROPENTANOIC ACID