English name: Ethyl formate
CAS RN: 109-94-4
EINECS number: 203-721-0
Molecular formula: C₃H₆O₂
Molecular weight: 74.0785
Properties: colorless transparent liquid, volatile, good smell.
Melting point: -80.5 ° C
Boiling point: 54.4 ° C
Relative density: 0.9168
Refractive index: 1.3598
Flash point: -20 ° C
Solubility: Miscible with ethanol and ether, soluble in acetone. The solubility in water is 11.8 g/100 ml.
Uses: used as a solvent for nitrocellulose, cellulose acetate, pharmaceutical intermediates for uracil, cytosine, thymine.
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