M46837
Methyl formate
reagent grade, 97%
Synonym(s):
Formic acid methyl ester
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Linear Formula:
HCO2CH3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
60.05
UNSPSC Code:
12352108
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
203-481-7
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1734623
MDL number:
Assay:
97%
Grade:
reagent grade
Bp:
32-34 °C (lit.)
Vapor pressure:
32.81 psi ( 55 °C), 9.21 psi ( 20 °C)
grade
reagent grade
Quality Level
vapor density
2.1 (vs air)
vapor pressure
32.81 psi ( 55 °C), 9.21 psi ( 20 °C)
assay
97%
form
liquid
autoignition temp.
842 °F
expl. lim.
23 %
dilution
(for analytical testing)
impurities
≤3% methyl alcohol
refractive index
n20/D 1.343 (lit.)
pH
4.0-5.0 (20 °C, 200 g/L)
bp
32-34 °C (lit.)
mp
−100 °C (lit.)
density
0.974 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.)
SMILES string
[H]C(=O)OC
InChI
1S/C2H4O2/c1-4-2-3/h2H,1H3
InChI key
TZIHFWKZFHZASV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Application
Methyl formate may be used to prepare formamides via amine formaylation.
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Danger
Hazard Classifications
Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 1 - STOT SE 1 - STOT SE 3
target_organs
Respiratory system
Storage Class
3 - Flammable liquids
flash_point_f
-2.2 °F - closed cup
flash_point_c
-19 °C - closed cup
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Rotational isomerism in methyl formate and methyl acetate; a low-temperature matrix infrared study using thermal molecular beams.
Blom CE and Gunthard HH.
Chemical Physics Letters, 84(2), 267-271 (1981)
Lucia Lanfri et al.
The journal of physical chemistry. A, 123(29), 6130-6143 (2019-07-04)
Following photodissociation at 248 nm of gaseous methyl formate (HC(O)OCH3, 0.73 Torr) and Ar (0.14 Torr), temporally resolved vibration-rotational emission spectra of highly internally excited CO (ν ≤ 11, J ≤ 27) in the 1850-2250 cm-1 region were recorded with
Catalytic reaction of methyl formate with amines to formamides.
Deutsch J, et al.
Tetrahedron, 65(50), 10365-10369 (2009)