Quality Level
assay
52.6%
form
liquid
reaction suitability
core: ammonium
concentration
≥50% (via Cl), 50% in H2O
SMILES string
[Cl-].[N+](CCCCCCCCCC)(Cc1ccccc1)(C)C
InChI
1S/C19H34N.ClH/c1-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-14-17-20(2,3)18-19-15-12-11-13-16-19;/h11-13,15-16H,4-10,14,17-18H2,1-3H3;1H/q+1;/p-1
InChI key
TTZLKXKJIMOHHG-UHFFFAOYSA-M
General description
Benzalkonium chloride is a quaternary ammonium salt in ocular drug products.
Application
Benzalkonium chloride (BAC) can be used as:
- A cationic surfactant in chemical polymerization reactions.
- A phase-transfer catalyst for the quantitative determination of sulfide in the whole blood sample by extractive alkylation technique using GC-MS.
Disclaimer
The product is not intended for use as a biocide under global biocide regulations, including but not limited to US EPA′s Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, European Biocidal Products Regulation, Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency, Turkey’s Biocidal Products Regulation, Korea’s Consumer Chemical Products and Biocide Safety Management Act (K-BPR) and others.
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Danger
hcodes
Hazard Classifications
Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B
Storage Class
8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials
wgk
WGK 2
flash_point_f
Not applicable
flash_point_c
Not applicable
ppe
Faceshields, Gloves, Goggles, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter
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A simple, optimized method for the determination of sulphide in whole blood by GC-MS as a marker of bowel fermentation processes
Hyvspler R, et al.
Journal of Chromatography. B, Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences, 770(1-2), 255-259 (2002)
Structural effects of cationic surfactants in polyacrylamide-surfactant interaction: Micellisation/adsorption of polyacrylamide.
Niranjan, PS and Upadhyay, SK
Indian Journal of Chemistry (2014)
In situ gelling systems based on Pluronic F127/Pluronic F68 formulations for ocular drug delivery.
Al Khateb, Kosai et al.
International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 502(1-2), 70-79 (2016)
Global Trade Item Number
| SKU | GTIN |
|---|---|
| 63249-2.5L | 04061838123190 |
| 63249-500ML | 04061838254108 |


