Ethanesulfonic acid methyl ester

RTECS: KI7970000 Source/Host Chemicals: Synthetic. Appearance: Colorless liquid. Solubility: Soluble in chloroform. Identity: Determined by 1H-NMR. InChi Key: YLJRCXSSKLWCDE-UHFFFAOYSA-N Smiles: CCS(=O)(OC)=O Methyl ethanesulfonate is a building block and intermediate used in the synthesis. Methyl ethanesulfonate belongs to the group of alkyl sulfonate esters, termed as potential genotoxic impurities (GTIs). Methyl ethanesulfonate may be used as reference material for the quantification of the analyte in pharmaceutical formulations using the gas chromatography technique. Product References: [1] R.N. Rao & A.T. Natarajan, Mut. Res. 2, 132 (1965) , [2] Z. Liu, et al., J. Pharma. Biomed. Anal. 168, 23 (2019) , [3] Y. Tang, et al., Talanta 222, 121500 (2020)