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ethylene oxide
Sign in to saveAlso known as Dimethylene oxide, 1,2-Epoxy ethane, Oxirane, ethene oxide, epoxyethane, Anprolene, 1,2-epoxyethane, Oxyfume
chemical compound
AI overview
Ethylene oxide is a chemical compound used across industrial and manufacturing applications. Its chemical properties make it significant to modern production processes.
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Chemical data
- Formula
- C2H4O
- Molecular weight
- 44.05 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- oxirane
- SMILES
- C1CO1
- InChIKey
- IAYPIBMASNFSPL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -0.1
- Polar surface area
- 12.5 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
13,771 papersvia PubMed
Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 44.026
- Image
- Ethylene oxide refrigerated liquid.jpg
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- ionization energy
- 10.57
- flash point
- -20
- canonical SMILES
- C1CO1
- chemical formula
- C₂H₄O
- lower flammable limit
- 3
- upper flammable limit
- 100
- Commons category
- Ethylene oxide
- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
- 0275
- density
- 0.82
- immediately dangerous to life or health
- 1440
- melting point
- -111.7
- boiling point
- 10.6
- vapor pressure
- 1.46
- time-weighted average exposure limit
- 1.8
- ceiling exposure limit
- 9
- standard enthalpy of formation
- -51.04
- refractive index
- 1.35965
- electric dipole moment
- 1.89
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Preferred IUPAC name Oxirane
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