vinyl acetate
Also known as Ethenyl acetate, Ethenyl ethanoate, Acetic acid vinyl ester, Acetoxyethene, 1-acetoxyethylene, VAC, vinyl acetate monomer, vinyl ethanoate
chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- C4H6O2
- Molecular weight
- 86.09 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- ethenyl acetate
- SMILES
- CC(=O)OC=C
- InChIKey
- XTXRWKRVRITETP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.7
- Polar surface area
- 26.3 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Vinyl acetate is an organic compound with the formula CH3CO2CH=CH2. This colorless liquid is the precursor to polyvinyl acetate, ethylene-vinyl acetate, polyvinyl alcohol, and other important industrial polymers.
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