Polyacetaldehyde

C2H4OCAS 9002-91-944.05 g/mol

O
Aldehyde

Properties

Molecular formula
C2H4O
Molar mass
44.05 g/mol
Exact mass
44.0262 Da
Density
0.7834 g/mL (at 18 °C)
Melting point
165 °C
Boiling point
20.6 °C
pKa
13.57 (25 °C)
Flash point
-38.89 °C (closed cup)
Water solubility
miscible (25 °C)
logP
0.21Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
17.1 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
0 / 1
Rotatable bonds
0

Hazards

Danger
Flammable (GHS02)Irritant (GHS07)Health Hazard (GHS08)

Harmonised EU classification (CLP Annex VI), via PubChem.

Precautionary statements

P203, P210, P233, P240, P241, P242, P243, P261, P264+P265, P271, P280, P303+P361+P353, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P318, P319, P337+P317, P370+P378, P403+P233, P403+P235, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
9002-91-9
SMILES
CC=O
InChIKey
IKHGUXGNUITLKF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C2H4O/c1-2-3/h2H,1H3

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Names and synonyms

9 names
  • Acetaldehyde, homopolymer
  • Acetaldehyde, polymers
  • Metaldehyde
  • Acetaldehyde polymer
  • Limovet
  • Limax
  • Slugit
  • Meta
  • Polyethanal

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Stereoisomers, salts and isotopologues

The same compound in another form: other stereochemistry, a salt or hydrate, the free acid or base, or an isotope-labelled version.

Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue. All similar compounds

Same formula

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