Dimethyl oxalate

C4H6O4CAS 553-90-2118.09 g/mol

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Ester

Properties

Molecular formula
C4H6O4
Molar mass
118.09 g/mol
Exact mass
118.0266 Da
Density
1.148 g/mL (at 25 °C)
Melting point
54.3 °C
Boiling point
163.5 °C
logP
-0.67Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
52.6 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
0 / 4
Rotatable bonds
0

Hazards

Danger
Corrosive (GHS05)Irritant (GHS07)

Aggregated from 191 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P260, P264, P264+P265, P270, P280, P301+P317, P301+P330+P331, P302+P352, P302+P361+P354, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P305+P354+P338, P316, P317, P321, P330, P332+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364, P363, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
553-90-2
SMILES
COC(=O)C(=O)OC
InChIKey
LOMVENUNSWAXEN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C4H6O4/c1-7-3(5)4(6)8-2/h1-2H3

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Names and synonyms

5 names
  • Ethanedioic acid, 1,2-dimethyl ester
  • Ethanedioic acid, dimethyl ester
  • Oxalic acid, dimethyl ester
  • Methyl oxalate
  • NSC 9374

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Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

Same formula

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