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DMC (DIMETHYL CARBONATE)

CAS NUMBER: 616-38-6

EC NUMBER: 210-478-4

MOLECULAR FORMULA: H3COCOOCH3

MOLECULAR WEIGHT: 90.08

IUPAC NAME: dimethyl carbonate

DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is an organic compound with the formula OC(OCH3)2.
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is a colourless, flammable liquid.

DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is classified as a carbonate ester.
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) has found use as a methylating agent and more recently as a solvent that is exempt from the restrictions placed on most volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is often considered to be a green reagent

DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) appears as a clear, colorless liquid with a pleasant odor.
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) denser than water

DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is slightly soluble in water.
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate)'s vapors are heavier than air.

DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is used to make other chemicals and as a special purpose solvent
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is a carbonate ester that is carbonic acid in which both hydrogens are replaced by methyl groups.

DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is a flammable, colourless liquid (m.p. 2-4℃, b.p. 90℃) with a characterstic ester-like odour

DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is used as a 'green' methylating agent and as a solvent.
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) has a role as a solvent and a reagent.

Production of DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate):
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is traditionally prepared by the reaction of phosgene and methanol.
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is produced as an intermediate:
COCl2 + CH3OH → CH3OCOCl + HCl

CH3OCOCl + CH3OH → CH3OCO2CH3 + HCl
This synthesis route has been largely replaced by oxidative carbonylation.

In this process, carbon monoxide and an oxidizer provide the equivalent of CO2+:
CO + 1/2 O2 + 2 CH3OH → (CH3O)2CO + H2O
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) can also be produced industrially by a transesterification of ethylene carbonate or propylene carbonate and methanol, which also affords respectively ethylene glycol or propylene glycol.

A large captive use of DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is for the production of diphenyl carbonate through transesterification with phenol.
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is a widely used raw material for the synthesis of bisphenol-A-polycarbonate in a melt polycondensation process, the resulting product being recyclable by reversing the process and transesterifying the polycarbonate with phenol to yield diphenyl carbonate and bisphenol A

DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is a versatile compound that represents an attractive eco-friendly alternative to both methyl halides (or dimethyl sulfate) and phosgene for methylation and carbonylation processes, respectively.
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is a green compound with a broad variety of application.

DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) has been used as an intermediate to synthesize polycarbonate, polyurethane, medicine and agricultural chemicals.
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is achieving increasing importance in the chemical industry.

DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) finds use in gasoline products as a fuel oxygenate and can be blended with alcohols or MTBE.
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is an environmentally friendly solvent used to make coatings, adhesives, and cleaning agents.

DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is also used as a raw material for organic synthesis, and in reactions that include methylation, carbonylation, and carbomethoxylation.
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is used as an electrolyte in lithium ion batteries (LIB), which are experiencing a rapid increase in demand for use in notebook PCs and cell phones.

DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is also expected to grow for use in hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs).
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is a clear colorless liquid synthesized from carbon monoxide and methanol as same as DMC by using UBE's proprietary nitrite technology, and used as a pharmaceutical intermediate.

DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is being employed as a raw material for organic synthesis reactions such as methylation, carbonylation, and carbomethoxylation.
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is also used as an environmentally friendly solvent in cleaning agents.

DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is used in cleaning products for carpet or other flooring
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is used for lighters, lighter fluids, and other indoor fuels

DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is also used for formulation products for use in or on computers and related accessories or supplies,
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is used as a reagent for methylation and phosgenation and a cold sterilizing agent for beverages

DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) can be used in the synthesis of important pharmaceuticals, such as the antimicrobial ciprofloxacin (Cipro) where it is used in place of diethyl malonate, and in the preparation of guaifenesin, a precursor for the muscle relaxant, methocarbamol.
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is also finding increasing application in the field of rechargable lithium batteries as a nonaqueous electrolyte component, as well as a blowing agent in polyurethane foam.

DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is an environmentally sustainable compound which can be used efficiently for the upgrading of several promising renewables including glycerol, triglycerides, fatty acids, polysaccharides, sugar-derived platform molecules and lignin-based phenolic compounds.
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is a colorless, fast evaporating, mild non-offensive odor VOC exempt solvent with a wide range of applications.

DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is used in the manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries, production of polycarbonates, lubricants, polyurethanes, cleaning and degreasing solvents, construction materials such as paints and adhesives, fuel additives, and in biodiesel production.
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is also considered a green reagent.
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is used as a methylating and carbonylating reagent in organic synthesis.

APPLICATIONS:
Paint & Coatings:
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is used in solvent-borne systems:
-coating parts
-architectural components
-traffic paints
-steel drum linings
-floor coatings
-concrete sealers
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) can also be used as a carrier solvent or disperse medium for binders, pigments, and colorants, as well as an effective paint thinner and multipurpose solvent.

Inks:
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) replaces toluene and ethyl acetate solvents in Gravure inks and is used in the production of water-based flexographic inks.

Biodiesel Additive:
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is used as an intermediate in the preparation of diphenylcarbonate, for the synthesis of Bisphenol-A-polycarbonate found in polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins.

Household, Institutional & Industrial:
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) offers low toxicity and rapid biodegradability properties for solvent degreasing formulations.

Biodiesel Additive:
Due to its high oxygen content and suitable boiling point, DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is soluble in diesel fuel.
Diesel fuel blended with DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) improves combustion and reduces matter emissions significantly.

Electronics and Batteries:
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is the most promising electrolyte solvent for lithium-ion battery due to its good solvation and low viscosity properties.
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is rapidly used in the computer, cell phones, hybrid and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle manufacturing markets.

DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is excellent methylating agent, carbonylation agent, hydroxymethylation agent and methoxylation agent and is a kind of chemical raw material of wide application.
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) can be used as ideal substitute of highly toxic product such as phosgene, dimethyl sulfate, and methyl chloroformate.

DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) can be used for synthesizing polycarbonate, diphenyl carbonate, and isocyanate and so on.
In the field of medicine, DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) can be for the synthesis of anti-infective drugs, anti-inflammatory medicines, vitamin-class medicines and central nervous system drugs.

In the field of pesticides, DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) can be mainly used for the production of methyl isocyanate, thereby producing some carbamate drugs, pesticides (anisole).
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) can be used as gasoline additives and lithium battery electrolyte and so on.

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES:

-Molecular Weight: 90.08

-XLogP3-AA: 0.5

-Exact Mass: 90.031694049

-Monoisotopic Mass: 90.031694049

-Topological Polar Surface Area: 35.5 Å²

-Physical Description: Colorless liquid

-Color: Colorless

-Form: Liquid

-Odor: Pleasant odor

-Boiling Point: 90.5 °C

-Melting Point: 3.0 °C

-Flash Point: 14 °C

-Solubility: Miscible with alcohol and ether

-Density: 1.0636 g/cu cm

-Vapor Density: Relative vapor density (air = 1): 3.1

-Vapor Pressure: 55.40 mmHg

-LogP: 0.23

-Autoignition Temperature: 458 °C

-Viscosity: 0.664 mPa.s

-Surface Tension: 3.1925X10-2 N/m

-Refractive Index: 1.3687

-Chemical Classes: Other Classes -> Esters, Other

DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is an organic compound with the formula OC(OCH3)2.
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is a colourless, flammable liquid.
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is classified as a carbonate ester.

DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) has found use as a methylating agent and more recently as a solvent that is exempt from the restrictions placed on most volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is often considered to be a green reagent

DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) appears as a clear, colorless liquid with a pleasant odor.
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) denser than water
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is slightly soluble in water.

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES:

-Hydrogen Bond Donor Count: 0

-Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count: 3

-Rotatable Bond Count: 2

-Heavy Atom Count: 6

-Formal Charge: 0

-Complexity: 44

-Isotope Atom Count: 0

-Defined Atom Stereocenter Count: 0

-Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count: 0

-Defined Bond Stereocenter Count: 0

-Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count: 0

-Covalently-Bonded Unit Count: 1

-Compound Is Canonicalized: Yes

DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate)'s vapors are heavier than air.
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is used to make other chemicals and as a special purpose solvent
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is a flammable, colourless liquid (m.p. 2-4℃, b.p. 90℃) with a characterstic ester-like odour

DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) has a role as a solvent and a reagent.
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is a widely used raw material for the synthesis of bisphenol-A-polycarbonate in a melt polycondensation process, the resulting product being recyclable by reversing the process and transesterifying the polycarbonate with phenol to yield diphenyl carbonate and bisphenol A

DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is a clear colorless liquid synthesized from carbon monoxide and methanol as same as DMC by using UBE's proprietary nitrite technology, and used as a pharmaceutical intermediate.
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is also used as an environmentally friendly solvent in cleaning agents.

DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is used in cleaning products for carpet or other flooring
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is used for lighters, lighter fluids, and other indoor fuels
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is also used for formulation products for use in or on computers and related accessories or supplies,

DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is used as a reagent for methylation and phosgenation and a cold sterilizing agent for beverages
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) can be used in the synthesis of important pharmaceuticals, such as the antimicrobial ciprofloxacin (Cipro) where it is used in place of diethyl malonate, and in the preparation of guaifenesin, a precursor for the muscle relaxant, methocarbamol.

DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is also finding increasing application in the field of rechargable lithium batteries as a nonaqueous electrolyte component, as well as a blowing agent in polyurethane foam.
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is an environmentally sustainable compound which can be used efficiently for the upgrading of several promising renewables including glycerol, triglycerides, fatty acids, polysaccharides, sugar-derived platform molecules and lignin-based phenolic compounds.
DMC (Dimethyl Carbonate) is a colorless, fast evaporating, mild non-offensive odor VOC exempt solvent with a wide range of applications.

SYNONYMS:

Dimethyl carbonate
616-38-6
Methyl carbonate
Carbonic acid, dimethyl ester
Methyl carbonate ((MeO)2CO)
DIMETHYLCARBONATE
Carbonic Acid Dimethyl Ester
Dimethyl ester of carbonic acid
methoxyketone
dimethy carbonate
dim ethyl carbonate
Carbonic acid dimethyl
Carbonic acid dimethyl ester, 9CI
Dimethyl carbonate, analytical standard
CARBONIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER
DIMETHYL CARBONATE
DMC
METHYL CARBONATE
CH3OCOOCH3
Dimethyl ester of carbonic acid
Methyl carbonate ((MeO)2CO)
methylcarbonate((meo)2co)
dimetyl carbonate
DIMETHYL CARBONATE, 99+%, ANHYDROUS
DIMETHYL CARBONATE, REAGENTPLUS, 99%
DimethylCarbonateForSynthesis
DimethylCarbonate(Dmc)
dimethly carbonate
Dimethylcarbonate,99%
Dimethylcarbonat
DIMETHYL CARBONATE pure
Carbonic acid hydrogen methyl ester
Methoxyformic acid
Methoxymethanoic acid