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propylene oxide
Sign in to saveAlso known as 1,2-epoxy propane, methyl ethylene oxide, methyloxirane, propene oxide, 1,2-propylene oxide, 1,2-epoxypropane, 2,3-epoxypropane, methyloxacyclopropane
chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- C3H6O
- Molecular weight
- 58.08 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-methyloxirane
- SMILES
- CC1CO1
- InChIKey
- GOOHAUXETOMSMM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0
- Polar surface area
- 12.5 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
2,255 papers- Propylene oxide.IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans · 1994
- Propylene Oxide, Lung Function, and Oxidative Stress: What Are the Public Health Implications?Chest · 2023
- Propylene oxide.IARC monographs on the evaluation of the carcinogenic risk of chemicals to man · 1976
- Propylene oxide derived glycol ethers: A review of the alkyl glycol ethers potential to cause endocrine disruption.Regulatory toxicology and pharmacology : RTP · 2025
- Propylene oxide: genotoxicity profile of a rodent nasal carcinogen.Critical reviews in toxicology · 2007
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 58.042
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- chemical formula
- C₃H₆O
- canonical SMILES
- CC1CO1
- solubility
- 41
- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
- 0538
- lower flammable limit
- 2.3
- upper flammable limit
- 36
- density
- 0.83
- immediately dangerous to life or health
- 952
- melting point
- -111.93
- boiling point
- 35
- vapor pressure
- 445
- flash point
- -35
- ionization energy
- 10.22
- time-weighted average exposure limit
- 240
- ceiling exposure limit
- 0
- Commons category
- Propylene oxide
- electric dipole moment
- 2.01
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