Uses
N-Acetylmorpholine is a very important pesticide intermediate. It is one of the main raw materials for the synthesis of agricultural fungicides enoylmorpholine and flumorpholine.
Chemical Properties
CLEAR COLOURLESS TO VERY SLIGHTLY YELLOW LIQUID
Flammability and Explosibility
Non flammable
Purification Methods
Distil it through an 8inch Fenske (glass helices packing, p 11) column with a manual take-off head. Purify it by fractional distillation. The hydrobromide has m 172-175o. [Brace J Am Chem Soc 75 357 1953, deBenneville et al. J Org Chem 21 1072 1956, Beilstein 27 III/IV 274.]