Aluminum Tri-isopropoxide

Public-database records for Aluminum Tri-isopropoxide (CAS 555-31-7), reproduced here for independent cross-checking.

Safety classification and hazard statements

Regulatory listings

Physical description and handling notes

• Liquid
• White hygroscopic solid; Soluble in ethanol, benzene and other organic solvents; Decomposes in water; [Merck Index] White granules with an odor of alcohol; [MSDSonline]
• White solid
• WHITE CRYSTALS
• 135 °C @ 10 mm Hg; 131 °C @ 7.5 mm Hg; 125.5 °C @ 5.5 mm Hg; 113 °C @ 2.5 mm Hg; 106 °C @ 1.5 mm Hg; 94 °C @ 0.5 mm Hg
• Soluble in ethanol, isopropanol, benzene, toluene, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, petroleum hydrocarbons.

Reported physical properties

How this substance is indexed

Documented uses

• Used in Meerwein-Ponndorf reactions, in alcoholysis and ester exchange, as a dehydrating agent, to impregnate textiles, and in the production of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, aluminum soaps, paints, varnishes, insecticides, and waterproofing finishes for textiles; [HSDB]
• Painting (Pigments, Binders, and Biocides) [Category: Paint]
• Textiles (Printing, Dyeing, or Finishing) [Category: Industry]
• In Meerwein-Ponndorf reactions; in alcoholysis and ester exchange; synthesis of higher alkoxides, chelates, acylates; formation of aluminum soaps, formulation of paints; waterproofing finishes for textiles.
• ... Used to adjust the viscosity of varnishes, to impregnate textiles, as intermediates in the production of pharmaceuticals, and as antitranspirants in cosmetics.
• /Used/ as stabilizer in formulations of the insecticide amitraz [N'-(2,4-dimethylphenyl)-N-[[(2,4-dimethylphenyl)imino]-N-methylmethanimidamide]] applied to growing crops or animals.

Names this substance appears under

Aluminium isopropoxide; 555-31-7; Aluminum isopropoxide; Aluminum isopropylate; Aluminum triisopropoxide; Triisopropoxyaluminum; Aluminium triisopropanolate; Aluminum isopropanolate; 2-Propanol, aluminum salt; Aluminum sec-propanolate; Tris(isopropoxy)aluminum; Isopropanol aluminum salt; 2-Propanol aluminum salt; ALUMINUM TRIISOPROPYLATE; Aluminum(II) isopropylate; Triisopropyloxyaluminum

Computed molecular descriptors

Database abstract

Aluminum Tri-isopropoxide · CAS 555-31-7 · C9H21O3Al. UNII R7486191H8. 熔点: 119 °C; 密度: 1.025 @ 20 °C; 密度: 1.035 @25 °C.

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