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Ethyl trifluoroacetate

99%

Synonym(s):

Trifluoroacetic acid ethyl ester

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Linear Formula:
CF3COOC2H5
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
142.08
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1761411
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22
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Quality Level

assay

99%

form

liquid

refractive index

n20/D 1.307 (lit.)

bp

60-62 °C (lit.)

density

1.194 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CCOC(=O)C(F)(F)F

InChI

1S/C4H5F3O2/c1-2-9-3(8)4(5,6)7/h2H2,1H3

InChI key

STSCVKRWJPWALQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Ethyl trifluoroacetate can be used:
  • To synthesize cyclopentenones or furans containing trifluoromethyl group from aromatic ynones.
  • In the selective trifluoroacetylation of anilines catalyzed by 4-dimethylaminopyridine.
  • As a starting material in the two-step electrosynthesis of trifluoroacetyltrimethylsilane (CF3COSiMe3).
  • In the preparation of trifluoromethyl ketones via trifluoroacetic ester/ketone metathesis with alkyl aryl ketones.
  • To synthesize o-fluorinated trifluoro acetophenones from substituted fluorobenzene.

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Liq. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk_germany

WGK 1

flash_point_f

30.2 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

-1 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves


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Synthesis of 4-(Trifluoromethyl) cyclopentenones and 2-(Trifluoromethyl) furans by Reductive Trifluoroacetylation of Ynones
Zhang T and Maekawa H
Organic Letters, 19(24), 6602-6605 (2017)
Qi Zhang et al.
Journal of biophotonics, 11(6), e201700339-e201700339 (2018-01-18)
Targeting cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) for molecular imaging is an attractive approach applicable for its overexpression in inflammation and many malignancies. Herein, for monitoring COX-2, we synthesize a specific COX-2 probe celecoxib-MPA probe (CMP), based on celecoxib and a water-soluble near-infrared dye
Heike Gerhardt et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1428, 280-291 (2015-06-20)
A panel of methods of general suitability for complete structural elucidation of the stereochemistry of cyclopeptides, depsipeptides and lipopeptides is presented and described in detail. The suitability of the proposed methods was exemplified on the lipopeptide poaeamide from Pseudomonas poae.
Highly selective trifluoroacetic ester/ketone metathesis: an efficient approach to trifluoromethyl ketones and esters
Zhou Y, et al.
Tetrahedron, 70(31), 4668-4674 (2014)
Non-defluorinative electrochemical silylation of ethyl trifluoroacetate: a practical synthesis of trifluoroacetyltrimethylsilane via its ethyltrimethylsilyl ketal
Bordeau M, et al.
Tetrahedron Letters, 44(19), 3741-3744 (2003)

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