Propylene oxide

• Formula: C₃H₆O
• Molecular weight: 58.0791
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3H6O/c1-3-2-4-3/h3H,2H2,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: GOOHAUXETOMSMM-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 75-56-9
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• Stereoisomers:
  • Oxirane, methyl-, (S)-
• Other names: Oxirane, methyl-; Epoxypropane; Methyloxirane; Propane, 1,2-epoxy-; Propene oxide; Propylene epoxide; 1,2-Epoxypropane; 1,2-Propylene oxide; 2,3-Epoxypropane; 3-Methyl-1,2-epoxypropane; 2-Methyloxiran; Methylethylene oxide; AD 6; Ethylene oxide, methyl-; NCI-C50099; Oxyde de propylene; Propane, epoxy-; UN 1280; 2-Methyl oxirane; Epihydrin; (.+/-.)-Methyloxirane; AD 6 (suspending agent); Methyloxacyclopropane; Oxirane, 2-methyl-; (.+/-.)-1,2-Epoxypropane
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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
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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.

Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

Majer and Svoboda, 1985
Majer, V.; Svoboda, V., Enthalpies of Vaporization of Organic Compounds: A Critical Review and Data Compilation, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1985, 300. [all data]

Price and Osgan, 1956
Price, C.C.; Osgan, M., The Polymerization of l-Propylene Oxide, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1956, 78, 4787-4792. [all data]

Ewell and Welch, 1941
Ewell, R.H.; Welch, L.M., Maximum Boiling Mixtures of chloroparaffins with Donor Liquids, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1941, 63, 2475. [all data]

Moureu and Dode, 1937
Moureu, H.; Dode, M., Heats of Formation of Ethylene Oxide, of Ethandiol and oof Several Homologs, Bull. Soc. Chim. Fr., 1937, 4, 637-47. [all data]

Allen and Hibbert, 1934
Allen, J.S.; Hibbert, H., Studies on reactions relating to carbohydrates and polysaccharides: xlvii the oxygen valence angle and the structure of glucose and related compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1934, 56, 1398. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

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