Methyl lactate

• Formula: C₄H₈O₃
• Molecular weight: 104.1045
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H8O3/c1-3(5)4(6)7-2/h3,5H,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: LPEKGGXMPWTOCB-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 547-64-8
• Chemical structure:
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• Species with the same structure:
  • Propanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, methyl ester, (.+/-.)-
• Stereoisomers:
  • methyl (R)-lactate
  • methyl (S)-(-)-lactate
• Other names: Propanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, methyl ester; Lactic acid, methyl ester; Methyl 2-hydroxypropionate; Methyl ester of 2-hydroxypropanoic acid
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  • Phase change data
  • Gas phase ion energetics data
  • IR Spectrum
  • References
  • Notes
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Phase change data

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Enthalpy of vaporization

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Appearance energy determinations

IR Spectrum

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Gas Phase Spectrum

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Additional Data

References

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

Lecat, 1926
Lecat, M., New binary azeotropes: 3rd list, Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Ser. B, 1926, 45, 284-94. [all data]

Lecat, 1926, 2
Lecat, M., New binary azeotropes second list, Recl. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas, 1926, 45, 620-627. [all data]

Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
Stephenson, Richard M.; Malanowski, Stanislaw, Handbook of the Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds, 1987, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3173-2 . [all data]

Holmes, Lossing, et al., 1991
Holmes, J.L.; Lossing, F.P.; Mayer, P.M., Heats of formation of oxygen-containing organic free radicals from appearance energy measurements, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1991, 113, 9723. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Tboil	Boiling point
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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