Propylene Glycol

• Formula: C₃H₈O₂
• Molecular weight: 76.0944
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3H8O2/c1-3(5)2-4/h3-5H,2H2,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: DNIAPMSPPWPWGF-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 57-55-6
• Chemical structure:
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• Species with the same structure:
  • Polyglycol p-750 (dow)
  • Propylene Glycol
• Stereoisomers:
  • R-(-)-1,2-propanediol
  • (S)-(+)-1,2-Propanediol
• Other names: 1,2-Propanediol; α-Propylene glycol; Methylethyl glycol; Methylethylene glycol; Monopropylene glycol; PG 12; Sirlene; 1,2-Dihydroxypropane; 1,2-Propylene glycol; 2-Hydroxypropanol; 2,3-Propanediol; Propane-1,2-diol; Dowfrost; Propylene glycol USP; 1,2-Propylenglykol; Solar winter ban; Sentry Propylene Glycol; Isopropylene glycol; Ucar 35; Solargard P; Ilexan P; Prolugen; Trimethyl glycol; 1,2-Propandiol; Propylenglycol; (RS)-1,2-Propanediol; (.+/-.)-1,2-Propanediol; DL-1,2-Propanediol; NSC 69860; DL-Propylene glycol; propylene glycol (1,2-propanediol); 1,2-propanediol (propylene glycol); propanediol; Methyl glycol
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Normal boiling point

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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
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Anonymous, 1957
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Anonymous, 1955
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Timmermans, J.; Hennaut-Roland, M., Work of the International Bureau of Physical-Chemical Standards. IX. The Physical Constants of Twenty Organic Compounds, J. Chim. Phys. Phys.-Chim. Biol., 1955, 52, 223. [all data]

West, Senise, et al., 1952
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Clendenning, Macdonald, et al., 1950
Clendenning, K.A.; Macdonald, F.J.; Wright, D.E., Effects of position isomerism on the physical properties of glycols, Can. J. Res., Sect. B, 1950, 28, 608-22. [all data]

Schierholtz and Staples, 1935
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Zander, 1882
Zander, A., The Specific Volume of Some Allyl-, Propyl-, and OTher COmpounds, Justus Liebigs Ann. Chem., 1882, 214, 138-93. [all data]

Belohoubek, 1879
Belohoubek, A., Chem. Ber., 1879, 12, 1872. [all data]

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Wurtz, A., Ann. Chim. Phys., 1859, 55, 400. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

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  Boiling point

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