12-Crown-4

12-Crown-4
Skeletal formula of 12-crown-4
Ball-and-stick model of the 12-Crown-4 molecule
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
1,4,7,10-Tetraoxacyclododecane
Other names
12-crown-4, Lithium Ionophore V
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
1363064
ChEBI
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.005.488 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 206-036-5
3287
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C8H16O4/c1-2-10-5-6-12-8-7-11-4-3-9-1/h1-8H2 checkY
    Key: XQQZRZQVBFHBHL-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
  • InChI=1/C8H16O4/c1-2-10-5-6-12-8-7-11-4-3-9-1/h1-8H2
    Key: XQQZRZQVBFHBHL-UHFFFAOYAA
  • O1CCOCCOCCOCC1
  • C1COCCOCCOCCO1
Properties
C8H16O4
Molar mass 176.21
Density 1.089 g/mL at 25 °C
Melting point 16 °C
Boiling point 61-70 °C/0.5 mm Hg
Miscible
Hazards
Flash point 113 °C (235 °F; 386 K)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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12-Crown-4, also called 1,4,7,10-tetraoxacyclododecane and lithium ionophore V, is a crown ether with the formula C8H16O4. It is a cyclic tetramer of ethylene oxide which is specific for the lithium cation.