2,2,2-TRICHLOROETHYL ACETATE Chemical Properties

Boiling point:

62 °C(Press: 13 Torr)

Density 

1.401 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.)

refractive index 

n20/D 1.457

BRN 

1757888

Safety Information

Hazard Codes 

T

Risk Statements 

23/24/25

Safety Statements 

36/37/39-45

WGK Germany 

3

RTECS 

AJ8300000

F 

10-21

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2,2,2-TRICHLOROETHYL ACETATE Usage And Synthesis

Uses

2,2,2-Trichloroethyl acetate may be used in the enzyme catalyzed synthesis of enantiomerically pure prostaglandin intermediate, (1S,4R)-(-)-4-hydroxy-2-cyclopentenyl acetate.

Synthesis Reference(s)

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 75, p. 3020, 1953 DOI: 10.1021/ja01108a506

General Description

2,2,2-Trichloroethyl acetate is used as acetyl donor in anhydrous, enzyme-catalyzed enantioselective acetylations.

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