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vinyl acetate
Sign in to saveAlso known as Ethenyl acetate, Ethenyl ethanoate, Acetic acid vinyl ester, Acetoxyethene, 1-acetoxyethylene, VAC, vinyl acetate monomer, vinyl ethanoate
chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- C4H6O2
- Molecular weight
- 86.09 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- ethenyl acetate
- SMILES
- CC(=O)OC=C
- InChIKey
- XTXRWKRVRITETP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.7
- Polar surface area
- 26.3 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- ester
- Mass
- 86.037
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- Commons category
- Vinyl acetate
- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
- 0656
- density
- 0.93
- melting point
- -93.2
- boiling point
- 72.5
- vapor pressure
- 83
- flash point
- 18
- solubility
- 2
- lower flammable limit
- 2.6
- upper flammable limit
- 13.4
- ionization energy
- 9.19
- ceiling exposure limit
- 15
- canonical SMILES
- CC(=O)OC=C
- chemical formula
- C₄H₆O₂
- monomer of
- ethylene-vinyl acetate
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Encyclopedic overview
Vinyl acetate is an organic compound with the formula CH3CO2CH=CH2. This colorless liquid is the precursor to polyvinyl acetate, ethylene-vinyl acetate, polyvinyl alcohol, and other important industrial polymers.
Production
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