Tetraethylene glycol monododecyl ether
SIGMA/86694 - BioXtra, ≥98.0% (GC)
Synonym: C12E4; Dodecyl tetraethylene glycol ether; Dodecyltetraglycol
CAS Number: 5274-68-0
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C20H42O5
Molecular Weight: 362.54
EC Number: 226-097-1
MDL Number: MFCD00043063
Linear Formula: CH3(CH2)11(OCH2CH2)4OH
Product Type: Chemical
| assay | ≥98.0% (GC) |
| cation traces | Ca: ≤50 mg/kg |
| Cd: ≤50 mg/kg | |
| Co: ≤50 mg/kg | |
| Cr: ≤50 mg/kg | |
| Cu: ≤50 mg/kg | |
| Fe: ≤50 mg/kg | |
| K: ≤50 mg/kg | |
| Mg: ≤50 mg/kg | |
| Mn: ≤50 mg/kg | |
| Na: ≤50 mg/kg | |
| Ni: ≤50 mg/kg | |
| Pb: ≤50 mg/kg | |
| Zn: ≤50 mg/kg | |
| density | 0.946 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.) |
| description | non-ionic |
| form | liquid |
| InChI | 1S/C20H42O5/c1-2-3-4-5-6- |
| InChI key | WPMWEFXCIYCJSA-UHFFFAOYSA |
| mol wt | 362.54 g/mol |
| mp | 1.67 °C |
| product line | BioXtra |
| Quality Level | 100 ![]() |
| refractive index | n |
| SMILES string | CCCCCCCCCCCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO |
| Application: | Tetraethylene glycol monododecyl ether (C12E4) has been used: • as a water-soluble surfactant in computational and physical experiments to report the post-deposition motion of the surfactant front and the deformation of the subphase surface using Marangoni flow and capillary waves • to study its mixed micellization and interfacial properties in the absence and presence of sodium propionate • to investigate the phase transformation of C12E4 aqueous solutions by Rayleigh light scattering (RLS) when adopting different heating ways |
| General description: | Tetraethylene glycol monododecyl ether (C12E4) is a nonionic surfactant. It is used as a stabilizer in several phase behavior and evaporation studies. This polyoxyethylated lauryl ether surfactant is a water-soluble surfactant. |
| Symbol | ![]() GHS07,GHS09 |
| Signal word | Warning |
| Hazard statements | H315 - H319 - H335 - H410 |
| Precautionary statements | P273 - P302 + P352 - P305 + P351 + P338 |
| Hazard Codes | Xi,N |
| Risk Statements | 36/37/38-50/53 |
| Safety Statements | 26-36-60-61 |
| RIDADR | UN 3082 9 / PGIII |
| WGK Germany | WGK 2 |
| Flash Point(F) | 235.4 °F - closed cup |
| Flash Point(C) | 113 °C - closed cup |
| Purity | ≥98.0% (GC) |
| mp | 1.67 °C |
| Density | 0.946 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.) |
| Refractive Index | n |
| UNSPSC | 12161900 |



