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N,N-Dimethylformamide

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

DMF, NSC 5356

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
HCON(CH3)2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
73.09
Beilstein:
605365
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352111
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

vapor density

2.5 (vs air)

vapor pressure

2.7 mmHg ( 20 °C)

Assay

≥99.9% (GC)

autoignition temp.

833 °F

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

expl. lim.

15.2 %

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

impurities

≤0.2% water
water

refractive index

n20/D 1.430 (lit.)
n20/D 1.430

bp

153 °C (lit.)

mp

−61 °C (lit.)

density

0.944 g/mL (lit.)

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
environmental
food and beverages
personal care

format

neat

SMILES string

[H]C(=O)N(C)C

InChI

1S/C3H7NO/c1-4(2)3-5/h3H,1-2H3

InChI key

ZMXDDKWLCZADIW-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

N,N-Dimethylformamide is an non-volatile, organic solvent, which finds applications in chemical industries as a solvent, additive and intermediate.

Application

N,N-Dimethylformamide has been used as a solvent in determining the lipase activity of the crude protein extracts separated from different plant tissues using sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) page assay technique.
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Solvent for many hydrophobic organic compounds.

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Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 3 - Repr. 1B

Storage Class Code

3 - Flammable liquids

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

135.5 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

57.5 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Upper critical solution temperature behavior of poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) in an ionic liquid and preparation of thermo-sensitive nonvolatile gels.
Takeshi U and Masayoshi W.
Chemistry Letters (Jpn), 35(8), 964-965 (2006)
In Gel Detection of Lipase Activity in Crude Plant Extracts (Olea europaea).
Zienkiewicz A, et al.
Bio-protocol (2015)
N,N-dimethylformamide, Issue 31 (2001)
Kun Liu et al.
Nanoscale, 4(20), 6574-6580 (2012-09-15)
Studies on the self-assembly of metal nanoparticles (NPs) in the presence of ions are motivated by the biosensing applications of NP clusters and the capability to control the morphology of clusters of oppositely charged NPs. The effect of ions has
L Piazza et al.
Nature communications, 6, 6407-6407 (2015-03-03)
Surface plasmon polaritons can confine electromagnetic fields in subwavelength spaces and are of interest for photonics, optical data storage devices and biosensing applications. In analogy to photons, they exhibit wave-particle duality, whose different aspects have recently been observed in separate

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