Methyl hexanoate

C7H14O2CAS 106-70-7130.19 g/mol

OO
Ester

Properties

Molecular formula
C7H14O2
Molar mass
130.19 g/mol
Exact mass
130.0994 Da
Density
0.8858 g/mL (at 20 °C)
Melting point
−71 °C
Boiling point
149.5 °C
Flash point
72.8 °C
Water solubility
< 1 g/L (22.2 °C)
logP
1.74Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
26.3 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
0 / 2
Rotatable bonds
4

Hazards

Warning
Flammable (GHS02)

Aggregated from 1,891 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P210, P233, P240, P241, P242, P243, P280, P303+P361+P353, P370+P378, P403+P235, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
106-70-7
SMILES
CCCCCC(=O)OC
InChIKey
NUKZAGXMHTUAFE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C7H14O2/c1-3-4-5-6-7(8)9-2/h3-6H2,1-2H3

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Names and synonyms

9 names
  • Hexanoic acid, methyl ester
  • Methyl caproate
  • Methyl hexoate
  • Methyl n-hexanoate
  • Methyl capronate
  • NSC 5023
  • Pastell M 6
  • Caproic acid methyl ester
  • Agnique 610G

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Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

Same formula

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