DME

(1,2-Dimethoxyethane)

Other Names:

Dimethoxyethane

Ethylene glycol dimethyl ether

Dimethyl glycol

Glyme

General Information:

Structure:

CAS Number: 110-71-4

Molecular Weight: 90.12 g/mol

Appearance: Colorless liquid

Melting Point: -58 C

Boiling Point: 85 C

Density: 0.867 g/mL at 25 C

Common Uses:

Solvent for reactions

Procedure excerpt:

Freshly recrystallized (from heptane) cyanuric chloride (78 mg, 0.414 mmol) was dissolved in DME (2 mL), and 4-Methylmorpholine (0.020 mL, 0.215 mmol) was added. To this . . .

[full procedure]

References:

1) Patent Reference: WO2012069948, page 78, (3.9 MB)

2) Wikipedia: Dimethoxyethane (link)

3) www.sigmaaldrich.com: 1,2-Dimethoxyethane (link)