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methyl propyl ether

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Also known as methoxypropane, 1-methoxypropane

Methoxypropane, or methyl propyl ether, is an ether once used as a general anaesthetic. It is a clear colorless flammable liquid with a boiling point of 38.8 °C.

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Mass
74.073
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chemical formula
C₄H₁₀O
canonical SMILES
CCCOC
electric dipole moment
1.107
ionization energy
9.42
boiling point
39.1
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1-Methoxypropane
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Methoxypropane, or methyl propyl ether, is an ether once used as a general anaesthetic. It is a clear colorless flammable liquid with a boiling point of 38.8 °C.

Marketed under the trade names Metopryl and Neothyl, methoxypropane was used as an alternative to diethyl ether because of its greater potency. Its use as an anaesthetic has since been supplanted by modern halogenated ethers which are much less flammable.

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