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
• Chemical structure:
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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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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of vaporization

Entropy 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

Entropy of fusion

IR Spectrum

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Data compiled by: Coblentz Society, Inc.

• GAS (50 mmHg, N2 ADDED, TOTAL PRESSURE 600 mmHg); DOW KBr FOREPRISM-GRATING; DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY (FROM TWO SEGMENTS); 2 cm^-1 resolution

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

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References

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

von Reis, 1881
von Reis, M.A., Die specifische Wärme flüssiger organischer Verbindungen und ihre Beziehung zu deren Moleculargewicht, Ann. Physik [3], 1881, 13, 447-464. [all data]

Timmermans, 1935
Timmermans, J., Researches in Stoichiometry. I. The Heat of Fusion of Organic Compounds., Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1935, 44, 17-40. [all data]

Timmermans, 1934
Timmermans, J., Theory of Concentrated Solutions XII., Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1934, 43, 626. [all data]

Timmermans and Martin, 1928
Timmermans, J.; Martin, F., Study of the Physical Constants of Twenty Organic Compounds of the Physical Constants of Twenty Organic Compounds, J. Chim. Phys. Phys.-Chim. Biol., 1928, 25, 411. [all data]

Timmermans, 1911
Timmermans, J., Researches on the freezing point of organic liquid compounds, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1911, 25, 300. [all data]

Wilhoit, Chao, et al., 1985
Wilhoit, R.C.; Chao, J.; Hall, K.R., Thermodynamic Properties of Key Organic Compounds in the Carbon Range C1 to C4. Part 1. Properties of Condensed Phases, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1985, 14, 1. [all data]

McEachern and Kilpatrick, 1964, 2
McEachern, D.M.; Kilpatrick, J.E., Entropy and related thermodynamic properties of dimethoxymethane., J. Chem. Phys., 1964, 41, 3127-31. [all data]

Kobe and Mathews, 1970
Kobe, K.A.; Mathews, J.F., Critical Properties and Vapor Pressures of Some Organic Nitrogen and Oxygen Compounds, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1970, 15, 182. [all data]

Bourgou, 1924
Bourgou, A., Contribution a l'Etude du Methylal comme Solvant, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1924, 33, 101-115. [all data]

Pawlewski, 1883
Pawlewski, B., Critical temperatures of some liquids, Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges., 1883, 16, 2633-36. [all data]

Albert, Hahnenstein, et al., 2001
Albert, Michael; Hahnenstein, Immanuel; Hasse, Hans; Maurer, Gerd, Vapor-Liquid and Liquid-Liquid Equilibria in Binary and Ternary Mixtures of Water, Methanol, and Methylal, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2001, 46, 4, 897-903, https://doi.org/10.1021/je000352l . [all data]

McEachern and Kilpatrick, 1964, 3
McEachern, D.M., Jr.; Kilpatrick, J.E., Entropy and related thermodynamic properties of dimethoxymethane, Ber. Bunsenges. Phys. Chem., 1964, 41, 3127. [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]

Brazhnikov, Peshchenko, et al., 1976
Brazhnikov, M.M.; Peshchenko, A.D.; Ral'ko, O.V., Zh. Prikl. Khim. (Leningrad), 1976, 49, 1041. [all data]

Nicolini and Laffitte, 1949
Nicolini, E.; Laffitte, P., Compt. Rend., 1949, 229, 757. [all data]

Nicolini and Laffitte, 1949, 2
Nicolini, E.; Laffitte, P., Tensions de Vapeur de Quelques Liquides Organiques Purs, Compt. Rend., 1949, 229, 757-759. [all data]

Domalski and Hearing, 1996
Domalski, Eugene S.; Hearing, Elizabeth D., Heat Capacities and Entropies of Organic Compounds in the Condensed Phase. Volume III, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1996, 25, 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555985 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  Pc	Critical pressure
  S°liquid	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions
  ΔvapS	Entropy of vaporization
  ρc	Critical density

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