Methyl propionate

CAS Registry Number®

554-12-1
No image available.

CAS Name

Methyl propionate

Molecular Formula

C4H8O2

Molecular Mass

88.11

Cite this Page

Methyl propionate.   CAS Common Chemistry.   CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d.   http://commonchemistry.cas.org/ChemicalDetail.aspx?ref=554-12-1 (retrieved 2024-04-19) (CAS RN: 554-12-1).  Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Compound Properties

  • Boiling Point (1)

    79.8 °C
  • Melting Point (1)

    -87.5 °C
  • Density (1)

    0.915 g/cm³ @ Temp: 20 °C

Source(s)

  • (1) Hazardous Substances Data Bank data were obtained from the National Library of Medicine (US)

Other Names and Identifiers

InChI

InChI=1S/C4H8O2/c1-3-4(5)6-2/h3H2,1-2H3

InChIKey

InChIKey=RJUFJBKOKNCXHH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

C(CC)(OC)=O

Canonical SMILES

O=C(OC)CC

Other Names for this Substance

  • Propanoic acid, methyl ester
  • Propionic acid, methyl ester
  • Methyl propionate
  • Methyl propanoate
  • Methyl propylate

CAS INSIGHTSTM
Insights teaser
Insights teaser
Insights teaser
Insights teaser