Reactivity Documentation
Epoxides |
| mixed with |
Metals, Alkali, Very Active |
Summary
- Generates gas: Reaction liberates gaseous products and may cause pressurization
- Generates heat: Exothermic reaction at ambient temperatures (releases heat)
- Intense or explosive reaction: Reaction may be particularly intense, violent, or explosive
- Polymerization hazard: Polymerization reaction may become intense and may cause pressurization
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May produce the following gases:
- Aldehydes
Details
Epoxides
is a reactive group.
Metals, Alkali, Very Active
is a reactive group.
Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)
Metals, Alkali, Very Active
mixed with
Epoxides
Epoxides
Hazard Predictions
- Generates gas: Reaction liberates gaseous products and may cause pressurization
- Generates heat: Exothermic reaction at ambient temperatures (releases heat)
- Intense or explosive reaction: Reaction may be particularly intense, violent, or explosive
- Polymerization hazard: Polymerization reaction may become intense and may cause pressurization
Ethylene oxide violently polymerizes on contact with potassium (Lewis, R.J., Sr. 1992. Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials, 8th Edition. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. pp. 1611; A. K. Gupta, J. Soc. Chem. Ind., 1949, 68, p. 179).
Iron causes ethylene oxide to isomerize to water soluble/toxic acetaldehyde (Denver, J.P., K.F. George, W.C. Hoffman, and H. Soo. 2001. Ethylene oxide. In Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.). Other metals may have similar effects (Predicted, citation needed).
Potential Gas Byproducts
- Aldehydes
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