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β-naphthyl methyl ether
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2-Methoxynaphthalene, also called β-naphthol methyl ether, nerolin, or yara yara, is a stabilizer found in gunpowder, particularly smokeless gunpowders. It is soluble in alcohol, and insoluble in water and dipropylene glycol.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C11H10O
- Molecular weight
- 158.2 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-methoxynaphthalene
- SMILES
- COC1=CC2=CC=CC=C2C=C1
- InChIKey
- LUZDYPLAQQGJEA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 3.5
- Polar surface area
- 9.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 158.073
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- chemical formula
- C₁₁H₁₀O
- canonical SMILES
- COC1=CC2=CC=CC=C2C=C1
- melting point
- 72.0
- Commons category
- 2-Methoxynaphthalene
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Synthesis and uses
- Applications
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2-Methoxynaphthalene, also called β-naphthol methyl ether, nerolin, or yara yara, is a stabilizer found in gunpowder, particularly smokeless gunpowders. It is soluble in alcohol, and insoluble in water and dipropylene glycol.
Studies have also been done on the antiinflammatory effect of β-naphthol methyl ether and on how it behaves in time-resolved resonance Raman studies.
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