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methyl formate
Sign in to saveAlso known as methyl methanoate, R-611, formic acid methyl ester, HCOOCH3, methanoic acid methyl ester, HCO2CH3, methyl ester of formic acid
chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- C2H4O2
- Molecular weight
- 60.05 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- methyl formate
- SMILES
- COC=O
- InChIKey
- TZIHFWKZFHZASV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0
- Polar surface area
- 26.3 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 60.021
- Image
- Commercial methyl formate.jpg
- Has use
- refrigerant
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- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
- 0417
- Commons category
- Methyl formate
- density
- 0.98
- immediately dangerous to life or health
- 11070
- melting point
- -99
- boiling point
- 31.7
- vapor pressure
- 476
- flash point
- -2
- solubility
- 30
- lower flammable limit
- 4.5
- upper flammable limit
- 23
- ionization energy
- 10.82
- time-weighted average exposure limit
- 250
- short-term exposure limit
- 375
- canonical SMILES
- COC=O
- chemical formula
- C₂H₄O₂
- found in taxon
- Aloe africana
- electric dipole moment
- 1.77
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Encyclopedic overview
Names
Preferred IUPAC name Methyl formate
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