Methylal

• Formula: C₃H₈O₂
• Molecular weight: 76.0944
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3H8O2/c1-4-3-5-2/h3H2,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: NKDDWNXOKDWJAK-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 109-87-5
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• Other names: Methane, dimethoxy-; Dimethyl formal; Anesthenyl; Dimethoxymethane; Formal; Formaldehyde dimethyl acetal; Methoxymethyl methyl ether; Methylene dimethyl ether; Methylene glycol dimethylether; (CH3O)2CH2; Methylenedioxydimethane; Metylal; UN 1234; Formaldehyde methyl ketal; 2,4-Dioxapentane; Dimethylacetal formaldehyde; Bis(methoxy)methane
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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director

References

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 1. [all data]

Le Fevre, Sundaram, et al., 1963
Le Fevre, R.J.W.; Sundaram, A.; Pierens, R.K., Molecular Polarisability: the Anisotropy of the Carbon-Oxygen Link, J. Chem. Soc., 1963, 1963, 479-488. [all data]

Lecat, 1947
Lecat, M., Orthobaric Azeotropes of Sulfides, Bull. Cl. Sci., Acad. R. Belg., 1947, 33, 160-82. [all data]

Ewell and Welch, 1941
Ewell, R.H.; Welch, L.M., Maximum Boiling Mixtures of chloroparaffins with Donor Liquids, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1941, 63, 2475. [all data]

Timmermans and Martin, 1928
Timmermans, J.; Martin, F., Study of the Physical Constants of Twenty Organic Compounds of the Physical Constants of Twenty Organic Compounds, J. Chim. Phys. Phys.-Chim. Biol., 1928, 25, 411. [all data]

Lecat, 1927
Lecat, M., New binary azeotropes: 6th list, Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Ser. B, 1927, 47, 63-71. [all data]

Schwers, 1911
Schwers, F., Density and Refractive Index of Solutions. New Contributions to the Study of Solutions II. Study of the Variation of Contractions of Solutions Under the Influence of Temperature, J. Chim. Phys. Phys.-Chim. Biol., 1911, 9, 15. [all data]

Timmermans, 1911
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Timmermans, 1910
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Von Reis, 1881
Von Reis, M.A., IV. The Specific Heat of Liquid Organic Compounds and its Relation to Molecular Weight., Ann. Phys. (Leipzig), 1881, 13, 447. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

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