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Methyl propionate

99%

Synonym(s):

Methyl propanoate, Propionic acid methyl ester

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Linear Formula:
CH3CH2COOCH3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
88.11
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1737628
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
eCl@ss:
39022202
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

vapor density

3 (vs air)

Quality Level

vapor pressure

40 mmHg ( 11 °C)
85.3 mmHg ( 25 °C)

assay

99%

autoignition temp.

876 °F

expl. lim.

13 %

refractive index

n20/D 1.376 (lit.)

bp

79 °C (lit.)

mp

−88 °C (lit.)

solubility

H2O: soluble 16 parts
alcohol: miscible
diethyl ether: miscible

density

0.915 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CCC(=O)OC

InChI

1S/C4H8O2/c1-3-4(5)6-2/h3H2,1-2H3

InChI key

RJUFJBKOKNCXHH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Methyl propionate is an efficient solvent for Porcine Pancreatic Lipase (PPL)-catalyzed transesterification reaction of various diols. It is commonly used in organic synthesis. It undergoes vapour-phase aldol condensation with formaldehyde to form methyl methacrylate.

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Liq. 2

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk_germany

WGK 1

flash_point_f

28.4 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

-2 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter


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PPL-catalyzed resolution of 1, 2-and 1, 3-diols in methyl propionate as solvent. An application of the tandem use of enzymes.
Janssen AJM and Zwanenburg B.
Tetrahedron, 47(35), 7409-7416 (1991)
Formation of methyl methacrylate by condensation of methyl propionate with formaldehyde over silica-supported cesium hydroxide catalysts.
Ai M.
Applied Catalysis A: General, 288(1), 211-215 (2005)
Jonathan Slaughter et al.
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 23(1), 167-175 (2016-10-30)
In investigating and seeking to mimic the reactivity of trimethylaluminium (TMA) with synthetic, ester-based lubricating oils, the reaction of methyl propionate 1 was explored with 1, 2 and 3 equivalents of the organoaluminium reagent. Spectroscopic analysis points to the formation of
Sang-Ryong Lee et al.
The Science of the total environment, 610-611, 992-996 (2017-08-26)
This report proposes a new approach to evaluate the odour nuisance of cattle manure samples from three different cattle breeds (i.e., native cattle, beef cattle, and milk cow) by means of quantification and speciation of volatile fatty acids (VFAs). To
Ileana M Pazos et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 53(24), 6080-6084 (2014-05-03)
The ability to quantify the local electrostatic environment of proteins and protein/peptide assemblies is key to gaining a microscopic understanding of many biological interactions and processes. Herein, we show that the ester carbonyl stretching vibration of two non-natural amino acids

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