Methyl glycolate

Names

[ CAS No. ]:
96-35-5

[ Name ]:
Methyl glycolate

[Synonym ]:
methyl 2-hydroxyacetate
EINECS 202-502-7
Acetic acid, 2-hydroxy-, methyl ester
Methyl glycolate
Glycolic acid, methyl ester
MFCD00004667
Glycolic acid, methyl ester (8CI)

Chemical & Physical Properties

[ Density]:
1.1±0.1 g/cm3

[ Boiling Point ]:
151.1±0.0 °C at 760 mmHg

[ Melting Point ]:
149-151 °C

[ Molecular Formula ]:
C₃H₆O₃

[ Molecular Weight ]:
90.078

[ Flash Point ]:
67.2±0.0 °C

[ Exact Mass ]:
90.031693

[ PSA ]:
46.53000

[ LogP ]:
-1.07

[ Vapour density ]:
3.12 (vs air)

[ Vapour Pressure ]:
1.4±0.6 mmHg at 25°C

[ Index of Refraction ]:
1.402

MSDS

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Safety Information

[ Personal Protective Equipment ]:
Eyeshields;Gloves;half-mask respirator (US);multi-purpose combination respirator cartridge (US)

[ Hazard Codes ]:
Xi: Irritant;

[ Risk Phrases ]:
R36/37/38

[ Safety Phrases ]:
S23-S24/25

[ RIDADR ]:
NONH for all modes of transport

[ WGK Germany ]:
3

[ Packaging Group ]:
I; II; III

[ HS Code ]:
2918199090

Synthetic Route

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Precursor & DownStream

Precursor

DownStream

Customs

[ HS Code ]: 2918199090

[ Summary ]:
2918199090 other carboxylic acids with alcohol function but without other oxygen function, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives。Supervision conditions:None。VAT:17.0%。Tax rebate rate:9.0%。MFN tariff:6.5%。General tariff:30.0%

Articles

Highly effective synthesis of methyl glycolate with heteropolyacids as catalysts. Sun Y, et al.

Catal. Commun. 10(5) , 678-81, (2009)

Size-selective vibrational spectroscopy of methyl glycolate clusters: comparison with ragout-jet FTIR spectroscopy. Fárník M, et al.

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 6(19) , 4614-20, (2004)