Products 107-31-3

CAS 107-31-3 appears in our catalog under these names: Methyl Formate, Methyl Formate, >95% (GC), Methyl formate, 97%, may cont. up to ca 3% methanol , Methyl Formate [Standard Material for GC], >99.5%(GC), Methyl Formate, >95.0%(GC). Offered by: Chemat Brand, TRC, Thermo Scientific (Alfa Aesar), TCI, Thermo Scientific (Acros). Available pack sizes: on request, 10g, 1g, 10000ml, 2500ml, 500ml, 5ml, 25ml.

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Methyl formate is a formate ester resulting from the formal condensation of formic acid with methanol. A low-boiling (31.5 C) colourless, flammable liquid, it has been used as a fumigant and larvicide for tobacco and food crops. It has a role as an insecticide, a fumigant, a polar aprotic solvent and a refrigerant. It is a volatile organic compound, a methyl ester and a formate ester. It is functionally related to a methanol.

Source: ChEBI

Identity
Molecular formulaC2H4O2
Molecular weight60.05 g/mol
IUPAC namemethyl formate
InChIKeyTZIHFWKZFHZASV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILESCOC=O

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