Methyl nitrite

• Formula: CH₃NO₂
• Molecular weight: 61.0400
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/CH3NO2/c1-4-2-3/h1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: BLLFVUPNHCTMSV-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 624-91-9
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• Other names: Nitrous acid, methyl ester; CH3ONO; Methylester kyseliny dusite; Methyl ester of nitrous acid
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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

References

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Ray and Gershon, 1962
Ray, J.D.; Gershon, A.A., The heat of formation of gaseous methyl nitrite, J. Phys. Chem., 1962, 66, 1750-1752. [all data]

Geiseler and Thierfelder, 1961
Geiseler, G.; Thierfelder, W., Bestimmung der bildungswarme des gasformigen methylnitrits, Z. Phys. Chem. (Neue Folge), 1961, 29, 248-257. [all data]

Gray and Pratt, 1958
Gray, P.; Pratt, M.W.T., 687. The thermodynamic functions of methyl nitrite and the potential barrier to free rotation., J. Chem. Soc., 1958, 3403-3412. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

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

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