Hydroxyethyl cellulose

Name: Hydroxyethyl cellulose
Brand: BOC Sciences
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Description

Hydroxyethyl cellulose is a biopolymer often used as a thickener and adhesive.

Synonyms

Cellulose, 2-hydroxyethyl ether; Cellulose hydroxyethylate; 2-Hydroxyethyl cellulose; 2-Hydroxyethyl cellulose ether; Alcoramnosan; Cellulose hydroxyethyl ether; Hydroxyethyl cellulose ether; Hydroxyethyl ether cellulose; Hyetellose; Liporamnosan; Sanhec

Melting Point

140 °C

Flash Point

725 °F

Density

0.6 g/cm3

Solubility

Soluble in Water

Appearance

White to off-white powder

Application

·Used as adhesives, bonding aids, filling cement admixtures
·Used as coatings and optical brightener additives, coating polymers, filter control additives
·Used as wet strength enhancer, protective colloid, rebound and slip reducing agent, rheology control modifier
·Used as a gelling and thickening agent in the development of biological structures for hydrophobic drugs

Storage

Store at -20 °C

Grade

Reagent Grade

Stability

Stable. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents, acid chlorides, acid anhydrides

LogP

0.35240

Safety Information

Hazards

Irritant

Handling

Gloves & fume hood

Molecular Weight	Viscosity	Description
~1,000,000	1% AQ = 1.500-2.500 cps	Water-soluble cellulose ether, used as a binder and thickening agent. Powder
~90,000	5% AQ = 75-150 cps	Water-soluble cellulose ether, used as a binder and thickening agent. Powder
~720,000	2% AQ = 4.500-6.500 cps	Water-soluble cellulose ether, used as a binder and thickening agent. Powder

Computed Properties

XLogP3

-7.7

Hydrogen Bond Donor Count

Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count

Rotatable Bond Count

Exact Mass

736.30010866 g/mol

Monoisotopic Mass

736.30010866 g/mol

Topological Polar Surface Area

315Å²

Heavy Atom Count

Formal Charge

Complexity

999

Isotope Atom Count

Defined Atom Stereocenter Count

Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count

Defined Bond Stereocenter Count

Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count

Covalently-Bonded Unit Count

Compound Is Canonicalized

Yes

Patents

Publication Number	Title	Priority Date
WO-2021086938-A1	Drip-free cleansing mask with enhanced active deposition	2019-10-30

Literatures

PMID	Publication Date	Title	Journal
25735667	2015-04-30	Graphene-oxide stabilization in electrolyte solutions using hydroxyethyl cellulose for drug delivery application	International journal of pharmaceutics
22795045	2012-10-01	Phase behavior and rheological properties of DNA-cationic polysaccharide mixtures	Journal of colloid and interface science
22840013	2012-10-01	A versatile method for functionalization and grafting of 2-hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) via Click chemistry	Carbohydrate polymers
22840022	2012-10-01	Preparation and characterization of poly(acrylic acid)-hydroxyethyl cellulose graft copolymer	Carbohydrate polymers
22360941	2012-08-15	Development of liposome gel based formulations for intravaginal delivery of the recombinant HIV-1 envelope protein CN54gp140	European journal of pharmaceutical sciences : official journal of the European Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences
22594324	2012-05-01	Enhanced viability of corneal epithelial cells for efficient transport/storage using a structurally modified calcium alginate hydrogel	Regenerative medicine
22448630	2012-04-10	Dispersions of nanocrystalline cellulose in aqueous polymer solutions: structure formation of colloidal rods	Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
22155401	2012-04-01	Concentration selective hydration and phase states of hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) in aqueous solutions	International journal of biological macromolecules
22310278	2012-03-16	Is pulsed electric field still effective for RNA separation in capillary electrophoresis?	Journal of chromatography. A
21895999	2012-03-01	Effects of cationic hydroxyethyl cellulose on glucose metabolism and obesity in a diet-induced obesity mouse model	Journal of diabetes