Acetic acid, hydroxy-, methyl ester

• Formula: C₃H₆O₃
• Molecular weight: 90.0779
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3H6O3/c1-6-3(5)2-4/h4H,2H2,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: GSJFXBNYJCXDGI-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 96-35-5
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Glycolic acid, methyl ester; Methyl glycolate; Methyl hydroxyacetate; Methyl ester of hydroxyacetic acid
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  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • References
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (bar)
    T = temperature (K)

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Enthalpy of fusion

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman

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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References

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Steele, Chirico, et al., 1996
Steele, W.V.; Chirico, R.D.; Knipmeyer, S.E.; Nguyen, A.; Smith, N.K., Thermodynamic properties and ideal-gas enthalpies of formation for butyl vinyl ether, 1,2-dimethoxyethane, methyl glycolate, bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene, 5-vinylbicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene, trans-azobenzene, butyl acrylate, di-tert-butyl ether, and hexane-1,6-diol, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1996, 41, 1285-1302. [all data]

Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 1. [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]

Ketelaar, van Velden, et al., 2010
Ketelaar, J.A.A.; van Velden, P.F.; Zalm, P., Vapour pressures and heats of vaporization of cis- and trans-1,2-dichloroethene, Recl. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas, 2010, 66, 12, 721-732, https://doi.org/10.1002/recl.19470661202 . [all data]

Stull, 1947
Stull, Daniel R., Vapor Pressure of Pure Substances. Organic and Inorganic Compounds, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1947, 39, 4, 517-540, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50448a022 . [all data]

Jarmelo, Maria, et al., 2000
Jarmelo, Susana; Maria, Teresa M.R.; Leitão, Luísa P.; Fausto, Rui, Structural and vibrational characterization of methyl glycolate in the low temperature crystalline and glassy states, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2000, 2, 6, 1155-1163, https://doi.org/10.1039/a909291i . [all data]

Burgers, Holmes, et al., 1987
Burgers, P.C.; Holmes, J.L.; Hop, C.E.C.A.; Postma, R.; Ruttink, P.J.A.; Terlouw, J.K., The isomeric [C₂H₆O₂]⁺ hydrogen-bridged radical cations [CH₂-O(H)...H...O=CH₂]⁺, [CH₃-O...H...O=CH₂]⁺, and [CH₃-O(H)...H...O=CH]⁺: Theory and experiment, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1987, 109, 7315. [all data]

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]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Tboil	Boiling point
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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