| carbinol; methanol; methyl alcohol; methyl hydrate; methyl hydroxide; methylic alcohol; wood alcohol; wood naphtha; wood spirit |
| In russian: | метиловый спирт |
| Links: | 🌍 Wikipedia, 📏 NIST, 📖 PubMed,
📖Houben-Weyl, 2. Band (Methyl-alkohol); p. 116, 420, 890, 981,
📖Org. Chem., v. Richter, 1. Vol (Carbinol); p. 101, 109 |
| MeSH: | Solvents |
| CAS RN: | [67-56-1] |
| Formula: | CH4O; 32.04 g/mol
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| InChiKey: | OKKJLVBELUTLKV-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
| SMILES: | CO |
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| Density: | 0.791 g/mL |
| Molar volume: | 40.5 mL/mol |
| Refractive index: | 1.328 |
| Molecular refractive power: | 8.22 mL/mol |
| Dielectric constant: | 32.60 |
| Dipole moment: | 2.87 D |
| Melting point: | -97 °C |
| Boiling point: | 65 °C |
| Vapour pressure: | 97 Torr |
Antoine equation
P(Torr) vs T(°C) |  |
| Surface tension: | 22.55 dyn/cm |
| Viscosity: | 0.59 cP |
| Critical temperature: | 240 °C |
| Critical pressure: | 78.6 atm |
| Critical volume: | 118.00 ml/mol |
| Evaporation rate (ether): | 6.3 |
| Evaporation rate (butyl acetate): | 4.1 |
| Solubility in water: | 100 % w/w |
| Solubility of water: | 100 % w/w |
| Log10 partition water / activated carbon: | 0.86 |
| Log10 partition octanol / water: | -0.82 |
| Snyder P': | 5.1 |
| Snyder X: | Xe: 0.5 Xd: 0.2 Xn: 0.3 |
| Solvent strength (ε0, silica): | 0.73 |
| Solvent strength (ε0, alumina): | 0.95 |
| Dimroth ET: | 55.4 |
| Hildebrant solubility parameter (δ): | 14.5 |
| Hansen solubility parameter: | δd: 7.4 (cal/mL)½ δp: 6.0 (cal/mL)½ δh: 10.9 (cal/mL)½ |
| Kauri butanol value: | 380 |
100g dissolves:
255g phenylacetic acid; 222g 1,3-dihydroxybenzene; 197g citric acid; 182g 2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetic acid; 167.7g L-malic acid; 151.7g ethyl carbamate; 133.1g 3-nitrobenzoic acid; 131.1g camphoric acid; 130g 2-bromobutanedioic acid; 125g brucine; 115.4g 3-hydroxybenzoic acid; 112.5g methylbutanedioic acid; 109.1g 2-nitrobenzoic acid; 84.2g quinine; 82.8g 3-phenylpropionic acid; 73.2g (R,R)-tartaric acid; 71.8g phenylacetic acid; 69.5g (Z)-butenedioic acid; 66.1g ethanedioic acid; 62.8g codeine; 62.48g 2-hydroxybenzoic acid; 60.4g (Z)-docos-13-enoic acid; 59.85g 3-nitrobenzoic acid; 58.6g dodecanoic acid; 58.4g benzoic acid; 57.5g diphenylamine; 57.5g triethylamine; 54.01g 2-nitrobenzoic acid; 54g betaine; 54g hydroxylamine hydrochloride; 53.3g malonic acid; 31.6g hexane; 30.9g 4-hydroxybenzoic acid; 29.1g acetanilide; 25.6g phthalic acid; 25.5g octanedioic acid; 22.5g (2E)-3-phenylprop-2-enoic acid; 22.5g 2,4,6-trinitrophenol; 21.2g tetradecanoic acid; 20g urea; 19.4g succinic acid; 18.1g benzophenone; 16.2g 1,2,4-trinitrobenzene; 12.14g 4-nitrobenzoic acid; 11.06g 3-nitroaniline; 10.35g 1,4-dibromobenzene; 9.8g N-benzoylglycine; 9.59g 4-nitroaniline; 8.87g 4-nitrobenzyl chloride; 8.2g naphthalene; 7.39g cinchonidine; 6.75g 1,3-dinitrobenzene; 6.57g biphenyl; 5.65g 1,3-dinitrobenzene; 5.4g hexadecanoic acid; 5.12g 3-aminobenzoic acid; 4.9g 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene; 4.4g piperine; 4.1g succinimide; 3.95g azobenzene; 3.3g 1,2-dinitrobenzene; 2.25g acenaphthene; 1.17g cinchonine; 1.14g caffeine; 0.83g quinidine; 0.49g strychnine; 0.385g (7-diethylaminophenoxazin-3-ylidene)-diethylazanium chloride |
1g dissolves in:
24.39g hexane |
| Specific heat capacity: | 19.5 cal/molK |
| Latent heat of fusion: | 758 cal/mol |