| nitromethane | |
| Links: | 📏 NIST, ⚗️ ChemSynthesis, 📖 PubMed, 📖Houben-Weyl, 2. Band (Nitromethan); p. 331, 576, 681, 720 |
| CAS RN: | [75-52-5] |
| Formula: | CH3NO2; 61.04 g/mol |
| InChiKey: | LYGJENNIWJXYER-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
| SMILES: | O=[N+]([O-])C |
| Use: | syntheses of dyes, emulsifing agents, insecticides, larvicides, pharmaceuticals, photographic chemicals, textile chemicals, wetting agents, etc. |
| Density: | 1.137 g/mL |
| Molar volume: | 53.7 mL/mol |
| Refractive index: | 1.382 |
| Molecular refractive power: | 12.49 mL/mol |
| Dielectric constant: | 39.40 |
| Dipole moment: | 3.54 D |
| Melting point: | -28 °C |
| Boiling point: | 103 °C |
| Vapour pressure: | 4 Torr |
| Antoine equation P(Torr) vs T(°C) | |
| Surface tension: | 36.72 dyn/cm |
| Critical temperature: | 315 °C |
| Critical pressure: | 6.3 atm |
| Critical volume: | 173.00 ml/mol |
| Evaporation rate (butyl acetate): | 1.3 |
| Solubility in water: | 10 % w/w |
| Log10 partition octanol / water: | -0.35 |
| Snyder P': | 6.0 |
| Snyder X: | Xe: 0.3 Xd: 0.3 Xn: 0.4 |
| Solvent strength (ε0, alumina): | 0.64 |
| Dimroth ET: | 46.3 |
| Hildebrant solubility parameter (δ): | 12.6 |
| Hansen solubility parameter: | δd: 7.7 (cal/mL)½ δp: 9.2 (cal/mL)½ δh: 2.5 (cal/mL)½ |
| Immiscible with: 1,2,3-propanetriol, 1,3-propanediol, 2-ethylhexanol, ethanediol | |
| Miscible with: 1,2-diethoxyethane, 2,4-pentanedione, 2-(2-aminoethylamino)ethanol, 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol, 3-methyl-1-butanol, 4-hydroxy-4-methylpentan-2-one, 4-methyl-2-pentanone, N,N-dimethylaniline, benzaldehyde, benzyl alcohol, butanol, butyl acetate, diethyl ether, ethanol, ethyl benzoate, formamide, furfuryl alcohol, pyridine, tetrachloromethane, tetraethylene glycol dibutyl ether | |
| 100g dissolves: 68.9g 4-nitrobenzyl chloride | |
