METHYL PHENYLACETATE

PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION
CAS NO. 101-41-7

METHYL PHENYLACETATE
EINECS NO. 202-940-9 
FORMULA C6H5CH2COOCH3
MOL WT. 150.18

H.S. CODE

 2916.33

TOXICITY

 Oral rat LD50: 2550 mg/kg
SYNONYMS Methyl alpha-Toluate;
Phenylacetic acid methyl ester; Methylphenylacetat  (German); Fenilacetato de metilo (Spanish); Phénylacétate de Méthyle (French); Benzeneacetic acid, Methyl ester;
SMILES  

CLASSIFICATION

 

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL STATE clear liquid

MELTING POINT
BOILING POINT 218 C
SPECIFIC GRAVITY 1.045

SOLUBILITY IN WATER

 Insoluble (Soluble in alcohol, ether)
pH  
VAPOR DENSITY 5.18

AUTOIGNITION

 

REFRACTIVE INDEX

 1.507
NFPA RATINGS Health: 1 Flammability: 2 Reactivity: 0
FLASH POINT

90 C
STABILITY Stable under ordinary conditions

GENERAL DESCRIPTION & APPLICATIONS
Phenylacetic acid is a white crystals with a disagreeable odor; boiling point 262 C; soluble in alcohol and ether. It serves as an ingredient in perfume to provide honey-like odor. It is found as a moiety in some alkaloids and plant hormones. It is formed as catabolite of phenylalanine. Substituted phenylacetic acid molecule at alpha position and phenylacetate esters can serve as a drug with a wide variety of effects including anticholinergic, muscarinic antagonist, antidote to cholinesterase inhibitors or toxins, cycloplegic and mydriatic. Phenylacetic acid is used to prepare a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug like diclofenac. It is used the manufacture of penicillin. Mandelic Acid, phenylglycollic acid, can be produced from phenylchloracetic acid.
SALES SPECIFICATION

APPEARANCE

 clear liquid
PURITY 99.0% min
TRANSPORTATION
PACKING 200kgs in drum
HAZARD CLASS  
UN NO.  
REMARKS
Hazard Symbols: XI, Risk Phrases: 38, Safety Phrases: 23-24/25