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Reference data from EU CLP Annex VI and published regulations — verify against your supplier's SDS before use.

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Substance profile

Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-carboxylate

Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-carboxylate is a chemical substance with the molecular formula C6H10O3.

CAS 37443-42-8 C6H10O3 130.14 g/mol Danger

01 · Identification

What Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-carbo… is

Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-carboxylate is a chemical substance with the molecular formula C6H10O3. Its molecular formula is C6H10O3 and its molecular weight is 130.14 g/mol.

Under the GHS it carries the signal word Danger.

02 · Identifiers

Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-carbo… identifiers and molecular data

Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-carbo… CAS number and EC number

CAS number37443-42-8
EC number420-670-1
Index number (CLP Annex VI)607-439-00-2

Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-carbo… molecular formula and molecular weight

Molecular formulaC6H10O3
Molecular weight130.14 g/mol

Other names for Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-carbo…

  • methyl tetrahydro-2-furancarboxylate

03 · GHS classification

Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-carbo… hazard classification

Harmonised classification under CLP Annex VI. This is the legally binding classification in the EU; other jurisdictions may differ.

Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-carbo… pictograms and signal word

Signal wordDanger

Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-carbo… hazard class and category

GHS hazard classes Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-c… falls into
Hazard class Category From code Pictogram
Serious eye damage/eye irritation GHS chapter 3.3 Category 1 H318 GHS05

Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-carbo… hazard statements (H-codes)

Hazard statements assigned to Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-c…
CodeHazard statement
H318 Causes serious eye damage.

This page lists only the codes assigned to Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-c…. The full reference lives on the hazard statements hub, the precautionary statements hub and the GHS pictograms hub.

Safety Data Sheet

Getting an SDS for Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-c…

A Safety Data Sheet is written for a product, not for a substance: the supplier of the grade you actually buy issues it, so two suppliers of Methyl tetrahydrofuran… issue two different sheets. That is why there is no single authoritative SDS for a substance to download — what there is, is the job of collecting the sheets for the products you hold and keeping them current as suppliers revise them.

04 · Precautionary statements

Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-carbo… precautionary statements

CLP Annex VI assigns 4 precautionary statements to Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-c…. They are grouped the way a label groups them: what to do before handling, what to do when something has already happened, how to store it and how to dispose of it.

Prevention

What to do before and during handling so the hazard never happens.

Reading the notation. is a blank the supplier fills in — not a truncated sentence.· [square brackets] mark a part printed only when it applies.

05 · Names in the regulation

Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-carbo… name in 23 EU languages

CLP Annex VI Part 3 is published in every language edition of the regulation, and the identification column is written out in each of them. Nothing below is translated by us: each line is the name as that edition prints it. Under Art. 18(2) the substance name from Annex VI is a lawful product identifier, so this is the wording to put on a label going to that market — and where the cell lists several designations, any one of them qualifies.

Language Name in CLP Annex VI Part 3
Bulgarian български метилов тетрахидро-2-фуранкарбоксилат
Spanish español Tetrahidro-2-furancarboxilato de metilo
Czech čeština methyl-tetrahydro-2-furoát
Danish dansk methyl tetrahydro-2-furancarboxylat
German Deutsch Methyltetrahydro-2-furancarboxylat
Estonian eesti metüültetrahüdro-2-furaankarboksülaat
Greek ελληνικά τετραϋδρο-2-φουρανοκαρβοξυλικός μεθυλεστέρας
English English methyl tetrahydro-2-furancarboxylate
French français tétrahydro-2-furanecarboxylate de méthyle
Croatian hrvatski metil-tetrahidro-2-furankarboksilat
Italian italiano tetraidro-2-furancarbossilato di metile
Latvian latviešu metiltetrahidro-2-furānkarboksilāts
Lithuanian lietuvių metiltetrahidro-2-furankarboksilatas
Hungarian magyar metil-tetrahidro-2-furán-karboxilát
Maltese Malti tetraidro-2-furankarbossilat tal-metil
Dutch Nederlands methyltetrahydro-2-furancarboxylaat
Polish polski tetrahydrofurano-2-karboksylan metylu
Portuguese português tetra-hidro-2-furanocarboxilato de metilo
Romanian română tetrahidro-2-furanocarboxilat de metil
Slovak slovenčina metyl-tetrahydrofurán-2-karboxylát
Slovenian slovenščina metil tetrahidro-2-furankarboksilat
Finnish suomi metyylitetrahydro-2-furaanikarboksylaatti
Swedish svenska metyltetrahydro-2-furankarboxylat

All 23 language editions of Annex VI carry this entry. Irish is the twenty-fourth official EU language and has no line here for a different reason: no consolidated CLP text has ever been published in Irish, so there is no Irish edition of Annex VI to quote a name from. Source: consolidated CLP, CELEX 02008R1272, language editions. © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu — only the electronic Official Journal of the European Union is authentic.

06 · Label elements

Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-carbo… GHS label elements

Everything CLP Annex VI fixes for Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-c…, laid out the way it appears on a label. The greyed lines are the parts only the supplier can fill in.

GHS05 Corrosion pictogram

Danger

Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-carbo…

  • Causes serious eye damage.
  • Wear protective gloves/protective clothing/eye protection/face protection/hearing protection/
  • IF IN EYES:
  • Immediately call a POISON CENTER/doctor/
  • Remove contact lenses, if present and easy to do. Continue rinsing.

Supplier name, address and telephone number· Product identifier·Nominal quantity

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07 · Questions

Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-carbo… — frequently asked questions

What is the CAS number of Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-carbo…?

The CAS number of Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-carbo… is 37443-42-8. Its EC number is 420-670-1.

What is the chemical formula of Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-carbo…?

The molecular formula of Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-carbo… is C6H10O3 and its molecular weight is 130.14 g/mol.

What does a Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-carbo… label have to show?

Under CLP Annex VI the label for Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-carbo… carries the pictogram Corrosion and the signal word is Danger.

Is Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-carbo… flammable?

CLP Annex VI assigns Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-carbo… no flammability hazard class. That is not a statement that it cannot burn: the harmonised list only records the hazards that were assessed for it.

Is Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-carbo… a carcinogen?

CLP Annex VI records no harmonised carcinogenicity classification for Methyl tetrahydrofuran-2-carbo…. Annex VI is a list of agreed classifications, not a list of substances found safe, so this is an absence of a classification rather than a clean bill of health.

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