1-NITROPROPANE

PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION
CAS NO. 108-03-2

1-NITROPROPANE

EINECS NO. 203-544-9
FORMULA CH3CH2CH2NO2
MOL WT. 89.09
H.S. CODE

2904.20

TOXICITY

 Oral rat LD50 :455 mg/kg   
SYNONYMS 1-Nitropan; n-Nitropropane;

SMILES

 

CLASSIFICATION

 

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL STATE Almost colorless liquid with a mild, fruity odor
MELTING POINT -108 C
BOILING POINT 131 C
SPECIFIC GRAVITY 1.03
SOLUBILITY IN WATER Slightly soluble
pH

 

VAPOR DENSITY 3.06
AUTOIGNITION

420 C

NFPA RATINGS Health: 2; Flammability: 3; Reactivity: 2

REFRACTIVE INDEX

 1.4015
FLASH POINT

33 C

STABILITY Sensitive to heat.

APPLICATIONS

Solvent for cellulose acetate, vinyl resins, lacquers, synthetic rubbers, fats, oils, dyes and protective coatings; Rocket propellant; Organic intermediate for agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals; Solvent-extraction processes; Fuel additive.
SALES SPECIFICATION

APPEARANCE

 Colorless liquid with a mild, fruity odor

1-NITROPROPANE

98.5% min

SUM NITROPARAFFAN

99.5% min

ACIDITY (as ACETIC ACID)

0.2% max

WATER

0.1% max

DISTILLATION RANGE

129-133 C

COLOR (APHA)

20max

TRANSPORTATION
PACKING 200kgs in Drum
HAZARD CLASS 3
UN NO. 2608
REMARKS
European Hazard Symbols: XN F, Risk Phrases: R 10, R 20/21/22
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF SOLVENT
Solvent is a substance, usually a liquid, that acts as a dissolving agent or that is capable of dissolving another substance. In solutions of solids or gases in a liquid, the liquid is the solvent. In all other homogeneous mixtures (i.e., liquids, solids, or gases dissolved in liquids; solids in solids; and gases in gases.), solvent is the component of the greatest amount. The minor proportion substances are called solutes. The solvent offers several functions during a chemical reaction. It solves the substance that reacts with another one to produce a new set of substances (reactant) and the compound that supplies the molecule, ion, or free radical which is considered as the attacking species in a chemical reaction (reagent). The solvent is conductive to collisions between the reactants and reagents to transform the reactants to new products. The solvent also takes roll of temperature control, either to provide the energy of the colliding particles for speedy reaction and to absorb heat in exothermic reaction. The appropriate solvent should be selected based on the inactivity in the reaction conditions, dissolving the reagents as well as reactants, appropriate boiling point and easy removal at the end of the reaction. he most common solvent is water. Other common solvents which dissolve substances that are insoluble (or nearly insoluble) in water are acetone, alcohol, formic acid, acetic acid, formamide. BTX, carbon disulfide, diemthyl sulfoxide, carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, ether, tetrahydrofuran, furfural, hexane and turpentine. They may be classified as polar and nonpolar types. They may be classified as polar and nonpolar types. Polar solvents, like water, have molecules whose electric charges are unequally distributed, leaving one end of each molecule more positive than the other. Usually polar solvent has O-H bond of which water (HOH), methanol (CH3OH) and acetic acid (CH3COOH) are examples. Propanol, butanol, formic acid, formamide are polar solvents. Dipolar solvents which contain a C-O solid bond without O-H bond are acetone [(CH3)2C=O], ethyl acetate (CH3COOCH2CH3), methyl ethyl ketone, acetonitrile, N,N-dimethylformamide and diemthyl sulfoxide. Nonpolar solvents, like carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), benzene (C6H6), and diethyl ether ( CH3CH2OCH2CH3), have molecules whose electric charges are equally distributed and are not miscible with water. Hexane, tetrahydrofuran and methylene chloride are nonpolar solvents.