Ethylene Glycol

An alcohol, C2H6O2, 62.068 g/mol. Boiling point 197.3 °C, melting point 9 °F, as published.

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Identifiers

Molecular formula: C₂H₆O₂
Molecular weight: 62.068 g/mol
Exact mass: 62.036779 g/mol
IUPAC name: ethane-1,2-diol
SMILES: OCCO
InChI: InChI=1S/C2H6O2/c3-1-2-4/h3-4H,1-2H2
InChIKey: LYCAIKOWRPUZTN-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: 387.7 °F at 760 mmHg (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; 197.3 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Melting Point: 9 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; PEG 400: 4-8 °C; PEG 3000: 50-56 °C; PEG 3350: 53-57 °C; PEG 4000: 53-59 °C; PEG 6000:55-61 °C; PEG 8000: 55-62 °Cmeasured · EU Food Improvement Agents
Density: 1.115 at 68 °F (USCG, 1999) - Denser than water; will sinkmeasured · CAMEO Chemicals; 1.1135 g/cu cm AT 20 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Solubility: greater than or equal to 100 mg/mL at 63.5 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; PEG 400 is miscible with water, very soluble in acetone, in alcohol and in methylene chloride, practically insoluble in fatty oils and in mineral oils; PEG 3000 and PEG 3350: very soluble in water andmeasured · EU Food Improvement Agents
Vapor Pressure: 0.06 mmHg at 68 °F ; 1 mmHg at 127.4 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; 0.05 [mmHg]measured · Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases
LogP: log Kow = -1.36measured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB); -1.36measured · ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)
Flash Point: 232 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; 232 °Fmeasured · Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases

Calculated properties

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

Molecular weight: 62.07 g/molcalculated · reference compound database; Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass: 62.03677943 Dacalculated · reference compound database; Mass of the most common isotopic form.
XLogP3: -1.4calculated · reference compound database; Estimated oil/water partition, computed by reference compound database.
Polar surface area: 40.5 Å²calculated · reference compound database; Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity: 6calculated · reference compound database; A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors: 2calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors: 2calculated · reference compound database
logP: -1.029calculated · chemistry engine; Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area: 40.46 Å²calculated · chemistry engine; Surface area from polar atoms; relates to how easily a molecule crosses membranes.
H-bond donors: 2calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can donate a hydrogen bond.
H-bond acceptors: 2calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds: 1calculated · chemistry engine; Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity: 14.1716 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: 0.4075calculated · chemistry engine; Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

O Oxygen2 atoms · 51.6% by mass
C Carbon2 atoms · 38.7% by mass
H Hydrogen6 atoms · 9.7% 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: 4
Total atoms, hydrogen included: 10
Rings: 0
Aromatic rings: 0
Stereocentres: 0
Formal charge: 0

Functional groups

Alcohol
An –OH group on a saturated carbon.

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 Ethylene Glycol yet.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is ethane-1,2-diol.

The sources also call it Ethane-1,2-diol, 1,2-ethanediol, glycol, monoethylene glycol, 2-hydroxyethanol, 1,2-Dihydroxyethane, Glycol alcohol, Ethylene alcohol, Fridex, Tescol, Norkool.

Structurally related

Nothing structurally close to Ethylene Glycol has a page here yet.

Seen alongside it in reaction records

Molecules that appear in the same recorded reactions as Ethylene Glycol. 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.

1,2-Diallyloxybenzene

formed as a product

C₁₂H₁₄O₂, 190.242 g/mol.

1,4-Dioxane

used as a reactant

C₄H₈O₂, 88.106 g/mol.

(Z)-8-tetradecen-1-al

used as a reactant

C₁₄H₂₆O, 210.361 g/mol.

Where these values came from

reference compound database174
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.