Methyl nitrate

• Formula: CH₃NO₃
• Molecular weight: 77.0394
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/CH3NO3/c1-5-2(3)4/h1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: LRMHVVPPGGOAJQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 598-58-3
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Nitric acid, methyl ester; CH3ONO2; Methylester kyseliny dusicne
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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

0.76 + 0.62 +  =  + 

By formula: 0.76NO₂ + 0.62N₂O₄ + CH₃NO₃ = N₂O₅ + CH₃NO₂

 +  =  + 

By formula: CH₄O + HNO₃ = CH₃NO₃ + H₂O

Henry's Law data

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Data compiled by: Rolf Sander

Henry's Law constant (water solution)

k_H(T) = k°_H exp(d(ln(k_H))/d(1/T) ((1/T) - 1/(298.15 K)))
k°_H = Henry's law constant for solubility in water at 298.15 K (mol/(kg*bar))
d(ln(k_H))/d(1/T) = Temperature dependence constant (K)

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

References

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Ray and Ogg, 1959
Ray, J.D.; Ogg, R.A., Jr., The heat of formation of methyl nitrate, J. Phys. Chem., 1959, 63, 1522-1523. [all data]

Rubtsov, 1986
Rubtsov, Yu.I., Thermodynamic calculation of equilibrium in nitration of alcohols, Bull. Acad. Sci. USSR, Div. Chem. Sci., 1986, 19-22. [all data]

Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Dewar, Shanshal, et al., 1969
Dewar, M.J.S.; Shanshal, M.; Worley, S.D., Calculated and observed ionization potentials gf nitroalkanes and of nitrous and nitric acids and esters. Extension of the MINDO method to nitrogen-oxygen compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1969, 91, 3590. [all data]

Fraser and Paul, 1968
Fraser, R.T.M.; Paul, N.C., The mass spectrometry of nitrate esters and related compounds. Part I, J. Chem. Soc. B, 1968, 659. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  d(ln(kH))/d(1/T)	Temperature dependence parameter for Henry's Law constant
  k°H	Henry's Law constant at 298.15K
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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