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1,3-propanediol
Sign in to saveAlso known as propane-1,3-diol, 1,3-dihydroxypropane, trimethylene glycol, beta-propylene glycol, 2-(hydroxymethyl)ethanol, omega-propanediol, HO(CH2)3OH, HOCH2CH2CH2OH
1,3-Propanediol is the organic compound with the formula . This 3-carbon diol is a colorless viscous liquid that is miscible with water.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C3H8O2
- Molecular weight
- 76.09 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- propane-1,3-diol
- SMILES
- C(CO)CO
- InChIKey
- YPFDHNVEDLHUCE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -1
- Polar surface area
- 40.5 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 2
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 76.052
- Autonomy
- 400
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- canonical SMILES
- C(CO)CO
- chemical formula
- C₃H₈O₂
- melting point
- -27.6
- found in taxon
- tomato
- Commons category
- 1,3-Propanediol
- surface tension
- 47.0
- boiling point
- 214.7
- density
- 1.0538
- refractive index
- 1.4398
- flash point
- 128
- lower flammable limit
- 2.5
- partition coefficient water/octanol
- -1.04
- dynamic viscosity
- 52.7
- kinematic viscosity
- 44.923
- vapor pressure
- 9
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1,3-Propanediol is the organic compound with the formula . This 3-carbon diol is a colorless viscous liquid that is miscible with water.
==Products== It is mainly used as a building block in the production of polymers such as polytrimethylene terephthalate.
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