Dimethyl dicarbonate

An ester, C4H6O5, 134.087 g/mol. Boiling point 44-47 °C at 5 mm Hg, melting point 15 - 17 °C, as published.

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Identifiers

Molecular formula: C₄H₆O₅
Molecular weight: 134.087 g/mol
Exact mass: 134.021523 g/mol
IUPAC name: methoxycarbonyl methyl carbonate
SMILES: COC(=O)OC(=O)OC
InChI: InChI=1S/C4H6O5/c1-7-3(5)9-4(6)8-2/h1-2H3
InChIKey: GZDFHIJNHHMENY-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: BP: 44-47 °C at 5 mm Hgmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB); 45.00 to 46.00 °C. @ 5.00 mm Hgmeasured · Human Metabolome Database (HMDB)
Melting Point: 15 - 17 °Cmeasured · Human Metabolome Database (HMDB)
Density: 1.25 mg/L at 25 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Solubility: Soluble in water with decomposition; miscible with toluenemeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB); dec.measured · Human Metabolome Database (HMDB)
Refractive Index: Index of refraction: 1.392 at 20 °C/Dmeasured · Sigma-Aldrich; Product Search. Dimethyl dicarbonate. Available from, as of Apr 3,, 2013: https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/united-states.html

Calculated properties

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

Molecular weight: 134.09 g/molcalculated · reference compound database; Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass: 134.02152329 Dacalculated · reference compound database; Mass of the most common isotopic form.
XLogP3: 0.7calculated · reference compound database; Estimated oil/water partition, computed by reference compound database.
Polar surface area: 61.8 Å²calculated · reference compound database; Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity: 104calculated · reference compound database; A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors: 0calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors: 5calculated · reference compound database
logP: 0.5358calculated · chemistry engine; Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area: 61.83 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: 5calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds: 0calculated · chemistry engine; Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity: 25.895 cm³/molcalculated · chemistry engine; Relates to the molecule's polarisability.
Fraction sp³ carbons: 0.5calculated · chemistry engine; Share of carbon atoms with tetrahedral bonding.
QED drug-likeness: 0.357calculated · chemistry engine; Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

O Oxygen5 atoms · 59.7% by mass
C Carbon4 atoms · 35.8% by mass
H Hydrogen6 atoms · 4.5% 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: 9
Total atoms, hydrogen included: 15
Rings: 0
Aromatic rings: 0
Stereocentres: 0
Formal charge: 0

Functional groups

Ester
A carbonyl bonded to an oxygen that links to another carbon.
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 Dimethyl dicarbonate yet.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is methoxycarbonyl methyl carbonate.

The sources also call it Velcorin, Dimethyl pyrocarbonate, Dicarbonic acid, dimethyl ester, Methyl pyrocarbonate, Dimethyl oxydiformate, Formic acid, oxydi-, dimethyl ester, 1AY9229ZMG, Dicarbonic acid, C,C'-dimethyl ester, INS NO.242, DTXSID2052108, INS-242.

Structurally related

Nothing structurally close to Dimethyl dicarbonate has a page here yet.

Seen alongside it in reaction records

Molecules that appear in the same recorded reactions as Dimethyl dicarbonate. 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.

1,4-Dioxane

used as a reactant

C₄H₈O₂, 88.106 g/mol.

Where these values came from

reference compound database3086
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.