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Anisole

C7H8O, 108.14 g/mol. Its structure, the values that were measured, the values that were calculated, and where each one came from.

verified recordOrganic — aromatic ether7 measured properties7 documented reactions

Drawn from the SMILES. It shows how the atoms are connected — not a photograph of a molecule, and not its shape in space.

Identifiers

Molecular formula
C₇H₈O
Molecular weight
108.14 g/mol
Exact mass
108.057515 g/mol
IUPAC name
anisole
SMILES
COc1ccccc1
InChI
InChI=1S/C7H8O/c1-8-7-5-3-2-4-6-7/h2-6H,1H3
InChIKey
RDOXTESZEPMUJZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Both are open without an account.

Measured properties

Values somebody obtained from a sample and published. Where two sources report the same property they are both shown, in the units each used — a disagreement between them is information, and averaging it away would be inventing a number neither one gave.

Boiling Point
155.5 °C AT 760 MM HGmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
153.00 to 155.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hgmeasured · Human Metabolome Database (HMDB)
Melting Point
-37.3 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
-37.5 °Cmeasured · Human Metabolome Database (HMDB)
Density
0.9956 AT 18 °C/4 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
PER CENT IN SATURATED AIR: 0.41; DENSITY OF SATURATED AIR: 1.1 (AIR= 1)measured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Solubility
SOLUBLE IN ALCOHOL AND ETHERmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
VERY SOLUBLE IN ACETONEmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Vapor Pressure
3.54 [mmHg]measured · Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases
0.472 kPa (3.54 mm Hg) @ 25 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
LogP
Log Kow = 2.11measured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
2.11measured · Human Metabolome Database (HMDB)
Flash Point
125 °F (NFPA, 2010)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
52 °Cmeasured · Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases

Calculated properties

Derived from the structure rather than from a sample. These are reproducible and they are not measurements: a calculated partition coefficient and a measured one can differ by a long way, and where both exist they are listed apart on purpose.

Molecular weight
108.14 g/molcalculated · reference compound database
Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass
108.057514874 Dacalculated · reference compound database
Mass of the most common isotopic form.
XLogP3
2.1calculated · reference compound database
Estimated oil/water partition, computed by reference compound database.
Polar surface area
9.2 Ųcalculated · reference compound database
Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity
55calculated · reference compound database
A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors
0calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors
1calculated · reference compound database
logP
1.6952calculated · chemistry engine
Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area
9.23 Ųcalculated · chemistry engine
Surface area from polar atoms; relates to how easily a molecule crosses membranes.
H-bond donors
0calculated · chemistry engine
Atoms that can donate a hydrogen bond.
H-bond acceptors
1calculated · chemistry engine
Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds
1calculated · chemistry engine
Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity
32.994 cm³/molcalculated · chemistry engine
Relates to the molecule's polarisability.
Fraction sp³ carbons
0.1429calculated · chemistry engine
Share of carbon atoms with tetrahedral bonding.
QED drug-likeness
0.5316calculated · chemistry engine
Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

Percentages are of the molecular weight above, worked out the same way the molar mass calculator does it.

Structure

Heavy atoms, hydrogen excluded
8
Total atoms, hydrogen included
16
Rings
1
Aromatic rings
1
Stereocentres
0
Formal charge
0

Functional groups

  • Ether

    An oxygen bridging two carbons.

  • Aromatic ring

    A flat six-membered ring with delocalised electrons.

Matched by structural pattern, not by a measurement.

The molecule in three dimensions

Rotate and inspect the atoms. Loaded only when you ask, so the page stays light.

The drawing above is a diagram of what is bonded to what. A molecule is not flat, and the model here is one low-energy shape generated from the connectivity — useful for seeing which groups can reach each other, and not a measured structure. A real sample is a population of conformations, interconverting.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is anisole.

The sources also call it Methoxybenzene, Methyl phenyl ether, Benzene, methoxy-, Phenoxymethane, Anisol, Phenyl methyl ether, Anizol, Phenol methyl ether, Ether, methyl phenyl, Benzene, methoxy, FEMA No. 2097.

Structurally related

Nothing structurally close to Anisole has a page here yet.

Where these values came from

compound record.

What this page does not claim

The identifiers are what the source record holds, copied rather than recomputed. Measured values are reported as their source gave them, units and all; calculated values are marked as calculated and are not measurements. Where a field is absent the page says so, because a blank cell reads as a zero and a guessed value reads as a fact.

Nothing here is a hazard assessment, a purity statement or advice about handling a sample. A flash point quoted from a safety database is a number somebody published, not a judgement by us about whether this molecule is safe for what you intend.