Methylal

• Formula: C₃H₈O₂
• Molecular weight: 76.0944
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3H8O2/c1-4-3-5-2/h3H2,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: NKDDWNXOKDWJAK-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 109-87-5
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• Other names: Methane, dimethoxy-; Dimethyl formal; Anesthenyl; Dimethoxymethane; Formal; Formaldehyde dimethyl acetal; Methoxymethyl methyl ether; Methylene dimethyl ether; Methylene glycol dimethylether; (CH3O)2CH2; Methylenedioxydimethane; Metylal; UN 1234; Formaldehyde methyl ketal; 2,4-Dioxapentane; Dimethylacetal formaldehyde; Bis(methoxy)methane
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
GT - Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Pilcher and Fletcher, 1969
Pilcher, G.; Fletcher, R.A., Measurements of heats of combustion by flame calorimetry. Part 5.-Dimethoxymethane, 1,1-Dimethoxyethane, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1969, 65, 2326-2330. [all data]

McEachern D.M., 1964
McEachern D.M., Jr., Entropy and related thermodynamic properties of dimethoxymethane, J. Chem. Phys., 1964, 41, 3127-3131. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  S°gas	Entropy of gas at standard conditions
  ΔcH°gas	Enthalpy of combustion of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions

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