CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Physical Description | Ethyl methyl ether appears as a clear colorless gas with a medicine-like odor. Less dense than water. Vapors are heavier than air. Under prolonged exposure to fire or heat the containers may rupture violently and rocket. |
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Color/Form | COLORLESS LIQUID |
Boiling Point | 7.4 °C |
Melting Point | -113 °C |
Flash Point | -35 °F (NFPA, 2010) |
Solubility | SOL IN ACETONE |
Density | 0.7251 @ 0 °C/0 °C |
Vapor Density | 2.1 (Air = 1) |
Vapor Pressure | 1493 mm Hg @ 25 °C |
Autoignition Temperature | 374 °F. |
Heat of Combustion | 503.69 KCAL @ 25 °C |
Refractive Index | INDEX OF REFRACTION: 1.3420 @ 4 °C/D |
Kovats Retention Index | 421 421 419 |
Other Experimental Properties | Sometimes encountered as a mole per mole complex with boron trifluoride |
Chemical Classes | Solvents -> Ethers (<C12) |
COMPUTED DESCRIPTORS
Molecular Weight | 60.10 g/mol |
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XLogP3 | 0.4 |
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count | 0 |
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count | 1 |
Rotatable Bond Count | 1 |
Exact Mass | 60.057514874 g/mol |
Monoisotopic Mass | 60.057514874 g/mol |
Topological Polar Surface Area | 9.2 Ų |
Heavy Atom Count | 4 |
Formal Charge | 0 |
Complexity | 7.2 |
Isotope Atom Count | 0 |
Defined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
Defined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count | 1 |
Compound Is Canonicalized | Yes |
PRODUCT INTRODUCTION
description
Ethyl methyl ether appears as a clear colorless gas with a medicine-like odor. Less dense than water. Vapors are heavier than air. Under prolonged exposure to fire or heat the containers may rupture violently and rocket.