Sodium acetate
SIGALD/241245 - ACS reagent, ≥99.0%
Synonym: Acetic acid sodium salt
CAS Number: 127-09-3
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C2H3NaO2
Molecular Weight: 82.03
EC Number: 204-823-8
MDL Number: MFCD00012459
Linear Formula: CH3COONa
Product Type: Chemical
| anion traces | chloride (Cl-): ≤0.002% |
| phosphate (PO43-): ≤0.001% | |
| sulfate (SO42-): ≤0.003% | |
| assay | ≥99.0% |
| autoignition temp. | 1112 °F |
| cation traces | Ca: ≤0.005% |
| Fe: ≤0.001% | |
| heavy metals: ≤0.001% (by ICP-OES) | |
| Mg: ≤0.002% | |
| form | solid |
| grade | ACS reagent |
| impurities | ≤0.01% insolubles |
| InChI | 1S/C2H4O2.Na/c1-2(3)4;/h1 |
| InChI key | VMHLLURERBWHNL-UHFFFAOYSA |
| loss | ≤1.0% loss on drying |
| mp | >300 °C (dec.) (lit.) |
| pH | 7.0-9.2 (25 °C, 5%) |
| pKa | 4.76 (acetic acid) |
| Quality Level | 200 ![]() |
| SMILES string | [Na+].CC([O-])=O |
| suitability | complies for IR spectroscopy |
| Application: | Sodium acetate can be used as a base to synthesize:• Oxazolones via Erlenmeyer Plochl condensation reaction of aromatic aldehydes and hippuric acid. • Cinnamic acids via Perkin reaction between aromatic aldehydes and acid anhydrides. A mixture of sodium acetate-acetic acid buffer can be employed in the polybromination of substituted imidazoles to synthesize polybrominated imidazoles. It can also be used as a catalyst in tandem Knoevenagel-Michael multicomponent reactions. |
| General description: | Sodium acetate is a hydrophilic organic compound that can be prepared by treating acetic acid with sodium carbonate or sodium hydroxide. It acts as neutralizing agent, catalyst, food additive, and buffer to maintain a specific pH. |
| Legal Information: | Redi-Dri is a trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC |
| Other Notes: | Go to Redi-Dri™ Product Listing 791741 ![]() |
| Packaging: | 1 kg in poly bottle |
| Packaging: | 2.5 kg in poly drum |
| Packaging: | 5, 100, 500 g in poly bottle |
| RIDADR | NONH for all modes of transport |
| WGK Germany | WGK 1 |
| Purity | ≥99.0% |
| mp | >300 °C (dec.) (lit.) |
| UNSPSC | 12352300 |

