Benzyl formate

C8H8O2CAS 104-57-4136.15 g/mol

OO
Ester

Properties

Molecular formula
C8H8O2
Molar mass
136.15 g/mol
Exact mass
136.0524 Da
Density
1.082–1.092 g/mL
Boiling point
203 °C
logP
1.36Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
26.3 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
0 / 2
Rotatable bonds
3

Hazards

Warning
Irritant (GHS07)

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Precautionary statements

P264, P270, P301+P317, P330, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
104-57-4
SMILES
O=COCc1ccccc1
InChIKey
UYWQUFXKFGHYNT-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H8O2/c9-7-10-6-8-4-2-1-3-5-8/h1-5,7H,6H2
Characterization data

Calculated from the structure, in the form journals print them.

¹H NMR
Predicted ¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 8.05 (s, 1H), 7.29 (m, J = 7.7, 1.6 Hz, 2H), 7.29 (m, J = 7.7 Hz, 2H), 7.29 (m, J = 7.7, 1.6 Hz, 1H), 5.17 (s, 2H).
¹³C NMR
Predicted ¹³C NMR (101 MHz, CDCl₃) δ 161.0, 140.8, 128.5, 127.5, 126.9, 73.0.
[M + H]+
[M + H]+ Calcd for C8H9O2 137.0597
[M + Na]+
[M + Na]+ Calcd for C8H8NaO2 159.0417
[M − H]−
[M − H]− Calcd for C8H7O2 135.0452
Elemental analysis
Anal. Calcd for C8H8O2: C, 70.58; H, 5.92.

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Names and synonyms

5 names
  • Formic acid, phenylmethyl ester
  • Formic acid, benzyl ester
  • Benzyl methanoate
  • Benzyl alcohol, formate
  • NSC 8049

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Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

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