Tetramethyl orthocarbonate

• Formula: C₅H₁₂O₄
• Molecular weight: 136.1464
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C5H12O4/c1-6-5(7-2,8-3)9-4/h1-4H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: AHJWSRRHTXRLAQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 1850-14-2
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• Other names: Tetramethoxymethane; Methane, tetramethoxy-
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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

 +  =  + 2

By formula: C₅H₁₂O₄ + H₂O = C₃H₆O₃ + 2CH₄O

References

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Wiberg, 1980
Wiberg, K.B., Energies of organic compounds, Rept. DOE-E(11-1)4060 Prepared for US Dept. of Energy by Yale Univ., New Haven, CT. Avail. NTIS, 1980, 1-24. [all data]

Wiberg and Squires, 1979
Wiberg, K.B.; Squires, R.R., A microprocessor-controlled system for precise measurement of temperature changes. Determination of the enthalpies of hydrolysis of some polyoxygenated hydrocarbons, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1979, 11, 773-786. [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]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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