Glycerol Triacetate

Public-database records for Glycerol Triacetate (CAS 102-76-1), reproduced here for independent cross-checking.

Safety classification and hazard statements

Regulatory listings

Physical description and handling notes

• Liquid; CBI
• Colourless, somewhat oily liquid having a slightly fatty odour
• Colorless liquid with a mild fatty odor; [Merck Index] Colorless oily liquid with an odor like petroleum; [MSDSonline]
• Liquid
• COLOURLESS OILY LIQUID.
• colourless oily liquid with a very slight, ethereal, fruity odour

Reported physical properties

How this substance is indexed

Documented uses

• Photographic Processing [Category: Other]
• ... Primary use is as a cellulose plasticizer in the manufacture of cigarette filters, and its second largest use is as a component in binders for solid rocket fuels. Smaller amounts are used as a fixative in perfume, as a plasticizer for cellulose nitrate, in the manufacture of cosmetics, and as a carrier in fungicidal compositions.
• Constituents of solid propellants: functions as inert plasticizer.
• Fixative in perfumery; solvent in manufacturing celluloid, photographic films. Technical triacetin (a mixture of mono-, di-, and small quantities of triacetin) as a solvent for basic dyes, particularly indulines, and tannin in dyeing.
• To remove carbon dioxide from natural gas.
• For more Uses (Complete) data for TRIACETIN (11 total), please visit the HSDB record page.

Names this substance appears under

triacetin; 102-76-1; Glyceryl triacetate; Glycerol triacetate; Enzactin; Triacetine; Triacetylglycerol; Glycerin triacetate; Fungacetin; Glyped; Vanay; Kesscoflex TRA; Kodaflex triacetin; Triacetyl glycerine; Triacetina; 1,2,3-Propanetriol, triacetate

Computed molecular descriptors

Database abstract

Glycerol Triacetate · CAS 102-76-1 · C9H14O6. UNII XHX3C3X673. 沸点: 258-259 °C; 沸点: 258.00 to 260.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg; 沸点: 258 °C.

Source: PubChem / Wikidata; the batch COA governs where values differ.