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Propylene

≥99%

Synonym(s):

Propene

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Linear Formula:
CH3CH=CH2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
42.08
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1696878
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12142100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

vapor density

1.48 (vs air)

Quality Level

vapor pressure

15.4 atm ( 37.7 °C)

assay

≥99%

autoignition temp.

860 °F

expl. lim.

11.1 %

bp

−47.7 °C (lit.)

mp

−185 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CC=C

InChI

1S/C3H6/c1-3-2/h3H,1H2,2H3

InChI key

QQONPFPTGQHPMA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Propylene is a nonpolar olefin. It is commonly used as a precursor for the synthesis of cumene, propylene oxide,acrylonitrile, and isopropanol. Selective oxidation of propylene in a gas containing oxygen and hydrogen over Au/TiO2 catalysts has been reported. Polymerization of propylene using Ziegler-Natta catalyst has been studied. Metal-catalyzed copolymerizations of nonpolar olefins (ethylene and propylene) with alkyl acrylates has been described. Copolymerization of propylene with the linear α-olefins 1-octene, 1-decene, 1-tetradecene, and 1-octadecene has been studied.

Application

Propylene may be used in the synthesis of propylene oxide via epoxidation with hydrogen peroxide, in the presence of titanium silicalite catalyst.

Packaging

Supplied in a Sure/Pac cylinder and has a brass needle valve with a male 1/4" NPTF outlet thread installed. Before using the cylinder, ensure that the valve is closed, then remove the galvanized steel hex cap that seals the outlet valve.

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Sure/Pac is a trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC

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Storage Class

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-162.4 °F - closed cup

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-108 °C - closed cup

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Mallory L Hammock et al.
ACS nano, 6(4), 3100-3108 (2012-03-09)
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Selective vapor-phase epoxidation of propylene over Au/TiO2 catalysts in the presence of oxygen and hydrogen.
Hayashi T, et al.
J. Catal., 178(2), 566-575 (1998)
Fee Pitsch et al.
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 24(31), 4306-4310 (2012-06-22)
An adaptive self-healing ionic liquid nanocomposite membrane comprising a multi-layer support structure hosting the ionic salt [Ag](+) [Tf(2) N](-) is used for the separation of the olefin propylene and the paraffin propane. The ionic salt renders liquid like upon complexation
Stefan Wuttke et al.
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 18(38), 11959-11967 (2012-08-15)
A reducible MIL-100(Fe) metal-organic framework (MOF) was investigated for the separation of a propane/propene mixture. An operando methodology was applied (for the first time in the case of a MOF) in order to shed light on the separation mechanism. Breakthrough
Jia Wei et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(6), 2132-2135 (2013-01-25)
Modulation of steric interactions remote from the active sites within a series of dinuclear bis-propagators derived from racemic 2-4 was used to attenuate the rate of reversible chain transfer between active transition-metal centers and excess equivalents of inactive main-group-metal alkyl

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