methoxymethanol
Sign in to saveMethoxymethanol is a chemical compound which is both an ether and an alcohol, a hemiformal. The structural formula can be written as CH3OCH2OH. It has been discovered in space.
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- Has part
- hydrogen
- Mass
- 62.037
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- Methoxymethanol
- chemical formula
- C₂H₆O₂
- canonical SMILES
- COCO
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Methoxymethanol is a chemical compound which is both an ether and an alcohol, a hemiformal. The structural formula can be written as CH3OCH2OH. It has been discovered in space.
==Formation== Methoxymethanol forms spontaneously when a water solution of formaldehyde and methanol are mixed. or when formaldehyde is bubbled through methanol.
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