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DIETHYL SULFATE

CAS NUMBER: 64-67-5

EC NUMBER: 200-589-6

MOLECULAR FORMULA: (C2H5O)2SO2

MOLECULAR WEIGHT: 154.18

 

Diethyl sulfate is a highly toxic, combustible chemical compound with the formula (C2H5)2SO4.
Diethyl sulfate occurs as a colorless, oily liquid with a faint peppermint odor and is corrosive to tissue and metals.

Diethyl sulfate is used as an alkylating agent to prepare ethyl derivatives of phenols, amines, and thiols. 
Diethyl sulfate is used to manufacture dyes and textiles.

Diethyl sulfate is moisture sensitive liquid. Heating can lead to release of toxic gases and vapors.
Diethyl sulfate gets darker over time.

Diethyl sulfate forms ethyl alcohol, ethyl sulfate, and eventually sulfuric acid when exposed to water. 
Diethyl sulfate is also combustible; when burned, sulfur oxides, ether, and ethylene are produced.

Diethyl sulfate can be prepared by absorbing ethylene into concentrated sulfuric acid or by fuming sulfuric acid into diethyl ether or ethanol and is purified using rectification in vacuo.
Diethyl sulfate can be done on a large enough scale for commercial production. 

Diethyl sulfate can then be purchased as a technical product or for use in a laboratory setting with 99.5% purity or 95% to 98% purity respectively.
Diethyl Sulfate is a colorless, corrosive, oily liquid that darkens with age and has a faint peppermint odor. 

Diethyl sulfate is mainly used as an ethylating agent in organic synthesis and in the dye and textile manufacturing.
Diethyl sulfate appears as a clear colorless liquid with a peppermint odor. 

Diethyl sulfate is a potent alkylating agent. 
Flash point is 104° C.

Diethyl sulfate is the diethyl ester of sulfuric acid. 
Diethyl sulfate has a role as an alkylating agent.

Diethyl sulfate is used as an ethylating agent and as a chemical intermediate.
Diethyl sulfate is primarily used as an ethylating agent, and also as an accelerator in the sulfation of ethylene and in some sulfonations. 

Diethyl sulfate is also a chemical intermediate for ethyl derivatives of phenols, amines, and thiols, and as an alkylating agent. 
Diethyl sulfate is an industrial chemical.

Diethyl sulfate is mainly used to make other chemicals which are then used in the manufacturing of softeners used to increase absorbency of tissue paper.
Diethyl sulphate may also be used to make products used in the manufacturing of a variety of other substances and products, including dyes, fragrances, and quaternary ammonium salts used as surfactants or flocculants in water treatment.

Diethyl sulfate may also be used as an ethylating agent in the manufacture of commercial products such as sanitizers and organoclays.
Diethyl sulfates chemical name is Diethyl Sulfate. 

The CAS Number of Diethyl sulfate is 64-67-5 and its chemical formula is C4H10O4S.
Diethyl sulfate is manufactured from ethylene and sulfuric acid. 

Diethyl sulfate is used principally as an intermediate (ethylating agent) in the manufacture of dyes, pigments and textile chemicals, and as a finishing agent in textile production. 
Diethyl sulfate is an intermediate in the indirect hydration (strong acid) process for the preparation of synthetic ethanol from ethylene. 

Diethyl sulfate belongs to the class of organic compounds known as sulfuric acid diesters. 
These are organic compounds containing the sulfuric acid diester functional group with the generic structure ROS(OR')(=O)=O, (R,R'=organyl group). 

Based on a literature review a significant number of articles have been published on Diethyl sulfate. 
Diethyl sulfate has been identified in human blood as reported. 

Diethyl sulfate is not a naturally occurring metabolite and is only found in those individuals exposed to this compound or its derivatives. 
Diethyl sulfate is produced from ethylene and concentrated sulfuric acid.

Diethyl sulfate can also be produced by mixing concentrated sulfuric acid into a solution of ethyl alcohol or ethyl ether.
Diethyl sulfate can be used as a reactant for the synthesis of biologically active compounds such as bispyrazole, pyrazolopyrimidine and pyridine containing antipyrinyl moieties.• N-substituted-2-styryl-4(3H)-quinazolinones.

Diethyl sulfate can also be used as an alkylating agent to synthesize 1-alkyl/aralkyl-2-(1-arylsufonylalkyl)benzimidazoles and an ionic liquid ethylmethylimidazole ethylsulfate.
Diethyl sulfate is a colorless liquid with formula (C2H5)2SO4. 

Diethyl sulfate has a peppermint odor with a melting point of about -25 ℃ and boiling point of 209.5 ℃ where it decomposes. 
When heated or mixed with hot water, irritant fumes is released. 

Diethyl sulfate does not dissolve in water, but is miscible with alcohol, ether and most polar organic solvents. 
Diethyl sulfate exists in the atmosphere in the gas phase. 

Diethyl sulfate will react with hydroxyl radical and has a short lifetime in the atmosphere where it will decompose into ethyl sulfate hydrogen sulfate and ethanol. 
Upon heating or mixing with hot water, diethyl sulfate will decompose into ethyl hydrogen sulfate and alcohol.

Diethyl sulfate is a colorless and oily liquid with a faint peppermint odor. 
Diethyl sulfate exhibits corrosive properties, when it comes in contact with metals, and is highly carcinogenic. 

Diethyl sulfate is a vital chemical intermediate used to create products for coatings, pharmaceuticals, personal care products, detergents, flavors & fragrances, and textiles. 
Diethyl sulfate is also used as an industrial solvent and is an industrial solvent. 

Diethyl sulfate is primarily employed in the formation of ethyl derivatives such as amine, thiols, phenols, and other derivatives. 
Diethyl sulfate is highly toxic, exposure to diethyl sulfate may lead to irritation in the eyes, skin rashes, and breathing problems.

Diethyl sulfate is a colorless, oily liquid with a faint peppermint - like odor, which darkens with age (Budavari, 1996). 
Diethyl sulfate is miscible with alcohol and ether (O'Neil, 2006). 

At higher temperatures, Diethyl sulfate rapidly decomposes into monoethyl sulfate and alcohol.
Diethyl sulfate is produced from ethanol and sulfuric acid, from ethylene and sulfuric acid, or from diethyl ether and fuming sulfuric acid.

Diethyl sulfate is not a naturally occurring metabolite and is only found in those individuals exposed to this compound or Diethyl sulfate derivatives. 
Technically Diethyl sulfate is part of the human exposome. 

The exposome can be defined as the collection of all the exposures of an individual in a lifetime and how those exposures relate to health. 
An individual's exposure begins before birth and includes insults from environmental and occupational sources.

Diethyl sulfate is registered under the REACH Regulation and is manufactured in and / or imported to the European Economic Area, at ≥ 1 to < 10 tonnes per annum.
Diethyl sulfate is used at industrial sites.

Diethyl Sulfate is a colorless, corrosive, oily liquid that darkens with age and has a faint peppermint odor. 
Diethyl sulfate is mainly used as an ethylating agent in organic synthesis and in the dye and textile manufacturing. 

Diethyl sulfate occurs as a colorless, oily liquid with a faint peppermint odor and is corrosive.
Diethyl sulfate is used as an alkylating agent to prepare ethyl derivatives of phenols, amines, and thiols. 

Diethyl sulfate is used to manufacture dyes and textiles.
Diethyl sulfate is used to manufacture dyes and textiles. 

Diethyl sulfate can be prepared by absorbing ethylene into concentrated sulfuric acid or by fuming sulfuric acid into diethyl ether or ethanol. 
Diethyl sulfate is a strong alkylating agent which ethylates DNA and thus is genotoxic. 

Diethyl sulfate is used as an ethylating agent and as a chemical intermediate.  
In an epidemiological study, an excess mortality rate from laryngeal cancer was associated with occupational exposure to high concentrations of diethyl sulfate.  

 

USES:

The primary use of diethyl sulfate is as a chemical intermediate (ethylating agent) in synthesis of ethyl derivatives of phenols, amines, and thiols; as an accelerator in the sulfation of ethylene; and in some sulfonation processes. 
Diethyl sulfate is used to manufacture dyes, pigments, carbonless paper, and textiles. 

Diethyl sulfate is an intermediate in the indirect hydration (strong acid) process for the preparation of synthetic ethanol from ethylene. 
Smaller quantities are used in household products, cosmetics, agricultural chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and laboratory reagents. 
Diethyl sulfate was used as a mutagen to create the Luther variety of barley.

 

APPLICATION:

Diethyl sulfate can also be used as an alkylating agent to synthesize 1-alkyl/aralkyl-2-(1-arylsufonylalkyl)benzimidazoles and an ionic liquid ethylmethylimidazole ethylsulfate.

Diethyl sulfate can be used as a reactant for the synthesis of:

-Biologically active compounds such as bispyrazole, pyrazolopyrimidine and pyridine containing antipyrinyl moieties.

-N-substituted-2-styryl-4(3H)-quinazolinones.

-Ionic liquids with pyrrolidinium, piperidinium and morpholinium cations, having potential applications as electrolytes.

 


PROPERTIES:

-Melting point: 32 °C

-Boiling point: 188 °C(lit.)

-density: 1.333 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)

-vapor density: 4.3 (vs air)

-vapor pressure: 0.7 mm Hg ( 25 °C)

-refractive index: n20/D 1.386(lit.)

-Fp: 182 °F

-storage temperature: 2-8°C

-solubility: 0.26 g/mL, clear, colorless

-form: Liquid

-color: Clear colorless

 

SPECIFICATION:

-Quality Level: 200

-vapor density: 5.3 (vs air)

-vapor pressure: <0.01 mmHg ( 20 °C), 2 mmHg ( 55 °C)

-assay: 98%

-form: liquid

-refractive index: n20/D 1.399 (lit.)

-bp: 208 °C (lit.)

-mp: −24 °C (lit.)

-density: 1.177 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

-SMILES string: CCOS(=O)(=O)OCC

 

TECHNICAL INFORMATION:

-Physical State: Liquid

-Solubility: Soluble in ether, and alcohol.

-Storage: Store at room temperature

-Melting Point: -24° C (lit.)

-Boiling Point: 208° C (lit.)

-Density: 1.18 g/mL at 25° C (lit.)

-Refractive Index: n20D 1.40 (lit.)

 

STORAGE:

Store long-term in a cool, dry place.

 

SYNONYM:

Diaethylsulfat
Sulfuric acid diethyl ester
UNII-K0FO4VFA7I
Diethylester kyseliny sirove
NSC 56380
K0FO4VFA7I
CHEBI:34699
MFCD00009099
DSSTox_CID_4045
DSSTox_RID_77265
DSSTox_GSID_24045
Diethyl tetraoxosulfate
Diaethylsulfat [German]
DES (VAN)
CAS-64-67-5
CCRIS 242
HSDB 1636
Diethylester kyseliny sirove [Czech]
EINECS 200-589-6
UN1594
diethylsulphate
diethyl-sulphate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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