| acetic acid methyl ester; methyl acetate; methyl acetic ester; methyl acetic ether; methyl ethanoate | |
| In russian: | метилацетат; метиловый эфир уксусной кислоты |
| Links: | 📏 NIST, 📖 PubMed |
| CAS RN: | [79-20-9] |
| Formula: | C3H6O2; 74.08 g/mol |
| InChiKey: | KXKVLQRXCPHEJC-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
| SMILES: | O=C(OC)C |
| Use: | extractant for fats and oils; flavoring extracts, lacquers, leather dyes, nitrocellulose, plastics, perfumes, Vinyl and Vinylite resins, and varnishes; purification of penicillin; removal of surgical adhesive tape; synthetic arrack, rum, and whiskey flavors for alcoholic beverages; synthetic leather; synthetic raspberry essences; thinners |
| Density: | 0.927 g/mL |
| Molar volume: | 79.9 mL/mol |
| Refractive index: | 1.362 |
| Molecular refractive power: | 17.72 mL/mol |
| Dielectric constant: | 6.70 |
| Dipole moment: | 1.69 D |
| Melting point: | -98 °C |
| Boiling point: | 57 °C |
| Vapour pressure: | 171 Torr |
| Antoine equation P(Torr) vs T(°C) | |
| Surface tension: | 24.00 dyn/cm |
| Viscosity: | 0.37 cP |
| Critical temperature: | 234 °C |
| Critical pressure: | 45.4 atm |
| Critical volume: | 228.00 ml/mol |
| Evaporation rate (ether): | 2.1 |
| Evaporation rate (butyl acetate): | 9.5 |
| Solubility in water: | 25 % w/w |
| Solubility of water: | 8 % w/w |
| Log10 partition water / activated carbon: | 1.85 |
| Log10 partition octanol / water: | 0.18 |
| Solvent strength (ε0, silica): | 0.46 |
| Solvent strength (ε0, alumina): | 0.60 |
| Dimroth ET: | 40.0 |
| Hildebrant solubility parameter (δ): | 9.6 |
| Hansen solubility parameter: | δd: 7.6 (cal/mL)½ δp: 3.5 (cal/mL)½ δh: 3.7 (cal/mL)½ |
| Specific heat capacity: | 37.0 cal/molK |