Methyl butyrate

C5H10O2CAS 623-42-7102.13 g/mol

OO
Ester

Properties

Molecular formula
C5H10O2
Molar mass
102.13 g/mol
Exact mass
102.0681 Da
Density
0.8984 g/mL (at 20 °C)
Melting point
−85.8 °C
Boiling point
102.8 °C
Flash point
13.9 °C (closed cup)
Water solubility
10–50 g/L (22.2 °C)
logP
0.96Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
26.3 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
0 / 2
Rotatable bonds
2

Hazards

Danger
Flammable (GHS02)

Aggregated from 1,693 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
623-42-7
SMILES
CCCC(=O)OC
InChIKey
UUIQMZJEGPQKFD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C5H10O2/c1-3-4-5(6)7-2/h3-4H2,1-2H3

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Names and synonyms

7 names
  • Butanoic acid, methyl ester
  • Butyric acid, methyl ester
  • Butyric acid, ester with MeOH
  • Methyl n-butyrate
  • Methyl butanoate
  • 3-Methylpropanoic acid methyl ester
  • NSC 9380

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Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

Same formula

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