Carbonic acid, dimethyl ester

• Formula: C₃H₆O₃
• Molecular weight: 90.0779
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3H6O3/c1-5-3(4)6-2/h1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: IEJIGPNLZYLLBP-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 616-38-6
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Dimethyl carbonate; Methyl carbonate; Methyl carbonate ((MeO)2CO); CH3OCOOCH3; UN 1161; Dimethyl ester of carbonic acid
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  • Gas phase ion energetics data
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • References
  • Notes
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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of fusion

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:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

Spectrum

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Additional Data

References

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Biltz, Fischer, et al., 1930
Biltz, W.; Fischer, W.; Wunnenberg, E., Molecular and Atomic Volumes. The Volume Requirements of Crystalline Organic Compounds and Low Temperatures, Z. Phys. Chem., Abt. A, 1930, 151, 13-55. [all data]

Steele, Chirico, et al., 1997
Steele, W.V.; Chirico, R.D.; Knipmeyer, S.E.; Nguyen, A., Vapor Pressure, Heat Capacity, and Density along the Saturated Line, Measurements for Dimethyl Isophthalate, Dimethyl Carbonate, 1,3,5-Trimethyl benzene, Pentafluorophenol, 4-tert-Butylcatechol, .alp, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1997, 42, 1008-20. [all data]

Steele, Chirico, et al., 1997, 2
Steele, W.V.; Chirico, R.D.; Knipmeyer, S.E.; Nguyen, A.; Smith, N.K., Thermocynamic Properties and Ideal-Gas Enthalpies of Formation for Carbonate, Piperazine, Hexachloroprop-1-ene, Tetrakis(dimethylamino) ethylene, N,N'-Bis(2-hydroxyethyl)ethylenediamine, and 1,2,4-Tr, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1997, 42, 1037-52. [all data]

Kozlova, Emel'yanenko, et al., 2008
Kozlova, Svetlana A.; Emel'yanenko, Vladimir N.; Georgieva, Miglena; Verevkin, Sergey P.; Chernyak, Yury; Schäffner, Benjamin; Börner, Armin, Vapour pressure and enthalpy of vaporization of aliphatic dialkyl carbonates, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 2008, 40, 7, 1136-1140, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2008.02.012 . [all data]

Steele, Chirico, et al., 1997, 3
Steele, W.V.; Chirico, R.D.; Knipmeyer, S.E.; Nguyen, A.; Smith, N.K., Thermodynamic Properties and Ideal-Gas Enthalpies of Formation for Dicyclohexyl Sulfide, Diethylenetriamine, Di- n -octyl Sulfide, Dimethyl Carbonate, Piperazine, Hexachloroprop-1-ene, Tetrakis(dimethylamino)ethylene, N , N '-Bis-(2-hydroxyethyl)ethylenediamine, and 1,2,4-Triazolo[1,5- a ]pyrimidine, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1997, 42, 6, 1037-1052, https://doi.org/10.1021/je9700986 . [all data]

Steele, Chirico, et al., 1997, 4
Steele, W.V.; Chirico, R.D.; Knipmeyer, S.E.; Nguyen, A., Vapor Pressure, Heat Capacity, and Density along the Saturation Line, Measurements for Dimethyl Isophthalate, Dimethyl Carbonate, 1,3,5-Triethylbenzene, Pentafluorophenol, 4- tert -Butylcatechol, α-Methylstyrene, and N , N '-Bis(2-hydroxyethyl)ethylenediamine, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1997, 42, 6, 1008-1020, https://doi.org/10.1021/je970102d . [all data]

Rodriguez, Canosa, et al., 2002
Rodriguez, A.; Canosa, J.; Dominguez, A.; Tojo, J., Isobaric vapour--liquid equilibria of dimethyl carbonate with alkanes and cyclohexane at 101.3 kPa, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2002, 198, 1, 95-109, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-3812(01)00761-0 . [all data]

Ding, 2004
Ding, Michael S., Liquid-Solid Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamic Modeling for Binary Organic Carbonates, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2004, 49, 2, 276-282, https://doi.org/10.1021/je034134e . [all data]

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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]

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Meeks, Arnett, et al., 1975
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Suh, Kingsmill, et al., 1995
Suh, D.; Kingsmill, C.A.; Ruttink, P.J.A.; Burgers, P.C.; Terlouw, J.K., C-H...O and O...H...O bonded intermediates in the dissociation of low energy methyl glycolate radical cations, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Processes, 1995, 146/147, 305. [all data]

Blanchette, Holmes, et al., 1986
Blanchette, M.C.; Holmes, J.L.; Hop, C.E.C.A.; Lossing, F.P.; Postma, R.; Ruttink, P.J.A.; Terlouw, J.K., Theory and experiment in concert; the CH₃O-C=O⁺ ion and its isomers, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1986, 108, 7589. [all data]

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Terlouw, Wezenberg, et al., 1983
Terlouw, J.K.; Wezenberg, J.; Burgers, P.C.; Holmes, J.L., New stable isomers of [C₂H₄O]⁺ and [C₂H₄O₂]⁺, the radical cations [CH₂COH]⁺ and [CH₃OCOH]⁺, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1983, 1121. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Pc	Critical pressure
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions
  ρc	Critical density

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