Dimethoxymethane

An ether, C3H8O2, 76.095 g/mol. Boiling point 41.6 °C @ 760 MM HG, melting point -105 °C, as published.

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Identifiers

Molecular formula: C₃H₈O₂
Molecular weight: 76.095 g/mol
Exact mass: 76.052429 g/mol
IUPAC name: dimethoxymethane
SMILES: COCOC
InChI: InChI=1S/C3H8O2/c1-4-3-5-2/h3H2,1-2H3
InChIKey: NKDDWNXOKDWJAK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Measured properties

Published measurements, each with its source. Two readings of one property are both shown, in the units each used.

Boiling Point: 108 °F at 760 mmHg (USCG, 1999)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; 41.6 °C @ 760 MM HGmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Melting Point: -157 °F (USCG, 1999)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; -105 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Density: 0.861 at 68 °F (USCG, 1999) - Less dense than water; will floatmeasured · CAMEO Chemicals; 0.8593 @ 20 °C/4 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Solubility: 33 % (NIOSH, 2024)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; MISCIBLE WITH ALCOHOL, ETHER, OILS; SOL IN 3 PARTS WATERmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Vapor Pressure: 337.08 mmHg at 70 °F (USCG, 1999)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; 400.0 [mmHg]measured · Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases
LogP: log Kow= 0.0measured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB); 0.18measured · ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)
Flash Point: 0 °F (USCG, 1999)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; -32 °Cmeasured · Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases
Refractive Index: INDEX OF REFRACTION: 1.3589 AT 18 °C/Dmeasured · Budavari, S. (ed.). The Merck Index - Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs and Biologicals. Rahway, NJ: Merck and Co., Inc., 1989., p. 949; INDEX OF REFRACTION: 1.3513 @ 20 °C/Dmeasured · Lide, D.R. (ed). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 72nd ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1991-1992., p. 3-248

Calculated properties

Derived from the structure, not from a sample; kept apart from the measurements above.

Molecular weight: 76.09 g/molcalculated · reference compound database; Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass: 76.052429494 Dacalculated · reference compound database; Mass of the most common isotopic form.
XLogP3: 0.2calculated · reference compound database; Estimated oil/water partition, computed by reference compound database.
Polar surface area: 18.5 Å²calculated · reference compound database; Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity: 12calculated · reference compound database; A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors: 0calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors: 2calculated · reference compound database
logP: 0.2367calculated · chemistry engine; Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area: 18.46 Å²calculated · 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: 2calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds: 2calculated · chemistry engine; Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity: 18.885 cm³/molcalculated · chemistry engine; Relates to the molecule's polarisability.
Fraction sp³ carbons: 1calculated · chemistry engine; Share of carbon atoms with tetrahedral bonding.
QED drug-likeness: 0.4384calculated · chemistry engine; Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

C Carbon3 atoms · 47.4% by mass
O Oxygen2 atoms · 42.1% by mass
H Hydrogen8 atoms · 10.6% by mass

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

Structure

Heavy atoms, hydrogen excluded: 5
Total atoms, hydrogen included: 13
Rings: 0
Aromatic rings: 0
Stereocentres: 0
Formal charge: 0

Functional groups

Ether
An oxygen bridging two carbons.

Matched by structural pattern, not by a measurement.

The molecule in three dimensions

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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.

Reactions it appears in

No documented reaction with a written procedure and a source involves Dimethoxymethane yet.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is dimethoxymethane.

The sources also call it METHYLAL, Formal, Methane, dimethoxy-, Formaldehyde dimethyl acetal, Dimethyl formal, Anesthenyl, 2,4-Dioxapentane, Methylene dimethyl ether, Bis(methoxy)methane, Methoxymethyl methyl ether, Formaldehyde methyl ketal.

Structurally related

Molecules sharing this formula, or whose fingerprint is at least 40% similar to this one. Similarity is Tanimoto on Morgan fingerprints over this library only — it is a measure of structural overlap, not of how alike they behave.

1,3-Propanediol

C3H8O2

1,2-Dimethoxyethane

C4H10O2

Seen alongside it in reaction records

Molecules that appear in the same recorded reactions as Dimethoxymethane. This says nothing about structure: most of them are the bases, solvents, ligands and catalysts the chemistry needed, and they are here because somebody put them in the same flask.

(17-ethynyl-10,13-dimethyl-3-oxo-2,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl) acetate

used as a reactant

C₂₃H₃₀O₃, 354.49 g/mol.

(4-Methylphenyl)sulfonyl acetate

used as a reactant

C₉H₁₀O₄S, 214.242 g/mol.

Where these values came from

reference compound database8020
compound record
chemistry engine
structure perception

compound record.

What this page does not claim

Identifiers are copied from the source record, measured values are reported as published, and calculated values are marked as calculated. Nothing here is a hazard, purity or handling assessment — how the library is checked.