Formic acid, propyl ester

• Formula: C₄H₈O₂
• Molecular weight: 88.1051
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H8O2/c1-2-3-6-4-5/h4H,2-3H2,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: KFNNIILCVOLYIR-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 110-74-7
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• Other names: n-Propyl formate; Propyl formate; Propyl methanoate; HCOOCH2CH2CH3; Formiate de propyle; Propylester kyseliny mravenci; UN 1281; Propyl ester of formic acid
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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
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References

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Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

Majer and Svoboda, 1985
Majer, V.; Svoboda, V., Enthalpies of Vaporization of Organic Compounds: A Critical Review and Data Compilation, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1985, 300. [all data]

Cihlar, Hynek, et al., 1976
Cihlar, J.; Hynek, V.; Svoboda, V.; Holub, R., Heats of vaporization of alkyl esters of formic acid, Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun., 1976, 41, 1. [all data]

Timmermans and Hennaut-Roland, 1959
Timmermans, J.; Hennaut-Roland, M., Work of the International Bureau of Physico-Chemical Properties physical constants of twenty organic compounds, J. Chim. Phys. Phys.-Chim. Biol., 1959, 56, 984-1023. [all data]

French, 1947
French, C.M., Trans. Faraday Soc., 1947, 43, 356. [all data]

Lecat, 1927
Lecat, M., New binary azeotropes: 7th list, Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Ser. B, 1927, 47, 108-14. [all data]

Lecat, 1927, 2
Lecat, M., New binary azeotropes: 6th list, Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Ser. B, 1927, 47, 63-71. [all data]

Hannotte, 1926
Hannotte, T., Azeotropic Properties of Formic Ethers and Acetates of Saturated Aliphatic Alcohols, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1926, 35, 86. [all data]

Lecat, 1926
Lecat, M., New binary azeotropes second list, Recl. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas, 1926, 45, 620-627. [all data]

Mathews, 1926
Mathews, J.H., The Accurate Measurement of Heats of Vaporization of Liquids, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1926, 48, 562. [all data]

Timmermans, 1922
Timmermans, J., Investigation of the Freezing Point of Organic Substances VII, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1922, 31, 389. [all data]

Young, 1910
Young, S., The Internal Heat of Vaporization constants of thirty pure substances, Sci. Proc. R. Dublin Soc., 1910, 12, 374. [all data]

Richards and Mathews, 1908
Richards, T.W.; Mathews, J.H., The Relation Between Compressibility, Surface Tension, and Other Properties of Material, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1908, 30, 8-13. [all data]

Young and Thomas, 1893
Young, S.; Thomas, G.L., The vapour pressures, molecular volumes, and critical constants of ten of the lower esters, J. Chem. Soc., 1893, 63, 1191. [all data]

Landolt and Jahn, 1892
Landolt, H.; Jahn, H., The Molecular Refraction of Several Simple Organic Compounds for Rays of Infinitely Great Wave Length., Z. Phys. Chem., Stoechiom. Verwandtschaftsl., 1892, 10, 289. [all data]

Gartenmeister, 1886
Gartenmeister, R., Investigation of the physical characterstics of liquid compounds: vi boiling point and specific volume of normal fatty acid esters, Justus Liebigs Ann. Chem., 1886, 233, 249-315. [all data]

Perkin, 1884
Perkin, W.H., On the Magnetic Rotary Polarisation of Compounds in Relation to their Chemical Consitution; with Observations on the Preparation and Relative Densities of the Bodies Examined, J. Chem. Soc., 1884, 45, 421-580. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

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