Acetone Cyanohydrine - ACH (Gujach)
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Acetone Cyanohydrine - ACH (Gujach)

Acetone Cyanohydrine - ACH (Gujach)

Acetone Cyanohydrine - ACH (Gujach)

GUJACH (Acetone Cyanohydrine) is a colourless, highly toxic and hazardous liquid which can cause damage to human life. Its poisoning symptoms in case of absorption through skin come slower than those of HCN.

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Specifications

Chemical Formula (CH3)2C(OH)CN
Molecular Weight 85.11
Appearance Clear to pale to yellow
Specific Gravity @ 20°C 0.930-0.935
Purity 98.0 Min.
Water % 0.3 Max.
Free Cyanide % 0.1 Max.
Boiling Point °C 77 (20mm Hg) (decomposes by heating at>120°C giving HCN)
Flash Point °C 74
Ignition Point °C 690
Melting Point °C -19
Vapour Density AIR =1 2.93
Toxicity LD 50 inhalation - 15 mg./hr. Ingestion cat-17 mg./kg. Toxic by inhalation ingestion and absorption
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  • Preparation of methacrylic acid and its esters.
  • To prepare ethyl hydroxy-isobuty rate a pharmaceutical intermediate.
  • For manufacturing of azobisisobutyro-nitrile (AIBN), a very useful catalyst for vinyl polymerization.
  • ACH can be hydrogenerated in methanolic acetate acid in the presence of cobalt or silica gel to give predominantly -B-hydroxy- Isobuty/amine with liquid secondary and tertiary amine by-products.

185 kg. HM-HDPE barrels.

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