1,2,4-BUTANETRIOL

PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION
CAS NO.

3068-00-6

1,2,4-BUTANETRIOL 

EINECS NO. 221-323-5
FORMULA HOCH2CH2CH(OH)CH2OH
MOL WT.

106.12

H.S. CODE

 2905.49.1000

TOXICITY

 
SYNONYMS 2-Deoxyerythritol; 1,2,4-Trihydroxybutane; 1,2,4-Butanetriol;
Butane-1,2,4-triol; Triol 124; 1,3,4-Butanetriol; Butantriol; 1,2,4-Butantriol; (±)-1,2,4-Butanetriol; Other RN: 6810-31-7
SMILES C([C@@H](CO)O)CO

CLASSIFICATION

Alkanetriol, Solvent

EXTRA NOTES

  

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

PHYSICAL STATE yellow liquid
MELTING POINT  
BOILING POINT

190 - 191 C

SPECIFIC GRAVITY 1.19 - 1.20
SOLUBILITY IN WATER  
pH  
VAPOR DENSITY

3.6

AUTOIGNITION

 

NFPA RATINGS

 Health: 2; Flammability: 1; Reactivity: 0

REFRACTIVE INDEX

 1.4688 - 1.4800
FLASH POINT

188 C

STABILITY

Stable under ordinary conditions

EXTERNAL LINKS & GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Wikipedia Linking

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Drug Information Portal (U.S. National Library of Medicine) - 1,2,4-Butanetriol

PubChem Compound Summary - 1,2,4-Butanetriol

http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ -  1,2,4-Butanetriol

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ -  1,2,4-Butanetriol

Material Safety Data Sheet

Local:
Butanetriol is used as an intermediate for pharmaceutical preparations and polyols.
SALES SPECIFICATION

APPEARANCE

 clear to yellow liquid

PURITY

97.0% min

ACIDITY

0.2% max
MOISTURE 0.7% max
TRANSPORTATION
PACKING
 
HAZARD CLASS Not regulated
UN NO.  
SAFETY INFORMATION

HAZARD OVERVIEW

Irritant, Moisture sensitive.

GHS

 
SIGNAL WORD Warning

PICTOGRAMS

HAZARD STATEMENTS

H315-H319-H335

P STATEMENTS

P261-P305 + P351 + P338
EC DIRECTIVES

 
HAZARD CODES

RISK PHRASES

36/37/38

SAFETY PHRASES

26-36
PRICE INFORMATION