Methyl acetate | SSHADE

Molecule

Name: Methyl acetate

Name and identifiers

IUPAC name: Methyl acetate
Secondary names: Methyl ethanoate, Methyl ester of acetic acid
InChI: InChI=1S/C3H6O2/c1-3(4)5-2/h1-2H3
InChI key: KXKVLQRXCPHEJC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS number: 79-20-9

Structure and atomic composition

Formula: $CH_3COOCH_3$
Chemical formula: C3H6O2
Structural formula: [CH3]C=OO[CH3]
Charge: 0
Unpaired electrons: 0

	Atom	Name	Number
	$C$	Carbon	3
	$H$	Hydrogen	6
	$O$	Oxygen	2

Relations

no

Isotopic composition

Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

Nuclear spin isomers

Spin type: unique

Molar mass: 74.0785 $g/mol$
State STP: liquid
Protic: protic
Polarity: polar
Dipole: 1.72 $D$

Fundamental vibration modes

Molecule symmetry

Cs

Case

nonlinear-polyatomic

Vibrations number

27

Publications

Shimanouchi, 1972, Natl. Bur. Stand., 39, 1 - 160

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical functions

	Function	Number
	$R-CH_3$	2

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number
	$\geq C-H$	6
	$\geq C-O-$	2
	$\eqslantgtr C-C\leq$	1
	$>C=O$	1