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ethyl formate
Sign in to saveAlso known as ethyl methanoate, ethyl ester of formic acid
ester of ethanol and formic acid
Chemical data
- Formula
- C3H6O2
- Molecular weight
- 74.08 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- ethyl formate
- SMILES
- CCOC=O
- InChIKey
- WBJINCZRORDGAQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.5
- Polar surface area
- 26.3 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Encyclopedic overview
Names
Preferred IUPAC name Ethyl formate
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