Ethyl formate

Formula: C₃H₆O₂
Molecular weight: 74.0785
IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3H6O2/c1-2-5-3-4/h3H,2H2,1H3
IUPAC Standard InChIKey: WBJINCZRORDGAQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS Registry Number: 109-94-4
Chemical structure:
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Isotopologues:
- Formic-d acid,ethylester
Other names: Formic acid, ethyl ester; Areginal; Ethyl methanoate; HCOOC2H5; Ethylformic ester; Aethylformiat; Ethyle (formiate d'); Ethylformiaat; Etile (formiato di); Mrowczan etylu; Ethylester kyseliny mravenci; Formic ether; UN 1190; Ethyl ester of formic acid; NSC 406578
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_fH°_liquid	-94.2 ± 0.2	kcal/mol	Eqk	Frolova and Petrov, 1991	ALS
Δ_fH°_liquid	-102.9	kcal/mol	Cm	Hine and Klueppet, 1974	ALS

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

C_p,liquid (cal/mol*K)	Temperature (K)	Reference	Comment
34.49	298.15	Fuchs, 1979	DH
37.81	290.	Kurnakov and Voskresenskaya, 1936	DH
35.40	294.7	Kolosovskii and Udovenko, 1934	DH
35.40	294.7	de Kolossowsky and Udowenko, 1933	DH

References

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Frolova and Petrov, 1991
Frolova, E.I.; Petrov, A.A., Chemical equilibrium in the system formic acid-ethanol-ethyl formate-water, J. Appl. Chem. USSR, 1991, 64, 2361-2365. [all data]

Hine and Klueppet, 1974
Hine, J.; Klueppet, A.W., Structural effects on rates and equilibria. XVIII. Thermodynamic stability of ortho esters, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1974, 96, 2924-2929. [all data]

Fuchs, 1979
Fuchs, R., Heat capacities of some liquid aliphatic, alicyclic, and aromatic esters at 298.15 K, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1979, 11, 959-961. [all data]

Kurnakov and Voskresenskaya, 1936
Kurnakov, N.S.; Voskresenskaya, N.K., Calorimetry of liquid binary systems, Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Otdel. Mat. i Estestv. Nauk. Ser. Khim, 1936, 1936, 439-461. [all data]

Kolosovskii and Udovenko, 1934
Kolosovskii, N.A.; Udovenko, W.W., Specific heat of liquids. II., Zhur. Obshchei Khim., 1934, 4, 1027-1033. [all data]

de Kolossowsky and Udowenko, 1933
de Kolossowsky, N.A.; Udowenko, W.W., Mesure des chaleurs specifique moleculaires de quelques liquides, Compt. rend., 1933, 197, 519-520. [all data]

Notes

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Symbols used in this document:

C_p,liquid Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Δ_fH°_liquid Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
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C_p,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
Δ_fH°_liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions